Quote: VMM translates guest instructions to short, basic block, code fragments; chain fragments together in the translation cache

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The [VMWare] translator reads the guest's memory at … [Program Counter], classifying the bytes as prefixes, opcodes or operands to produce … [one per guest instruction] … The translator accumulates IR objects into a translation … Translating from x86 to x86 subset, most code … [p. 5] Each translator invocation consumes one TU and … To speed up inter-CCF transfers, the translator, like … [ref], employs a "chaining" optimization, allowing one CCF to jump directly … Moreover, it is often possible to elide chaining …   Google-1   Google-2

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