- Transitive Corp.
Transitive Corporation is a software company providing solutions that allow the transportability of software applications across multiple hardware platforms. The company’s
QuickTransit cross-platform virtualization solution allows software applications that have been compiled for one processor/operating system to run on another without any source code or binary changes and at speeds comparable to native ports. QuickTransit technology provides the engine for Apple’s Rosetta translation software and is currently shipping on all of Apple’s Intel-based computers. Transitive Corporation, which specializes in developing dynamicbinary translation software, is located inLos Gatos inCalifornia with a research and development team inManchester in the UK.Products
Transitive provided the engine used in Apple's Rosetta software, which translates software for Apple machines using
PowerPC processors so it can run onIntel -based Macintoshes, the engine is based on Transitive Corporation'sQuickTransit software.Silicon Graphics (SGI) previously distributed QuickTransit with its Prism andAltix platforms, allowing applications written for older MIPS /IRIX machines to be used on the more recentLinux IA-64 hardware.In November 2006, Transitive released QuickTransit for Solaris/
SPARC -to-Linux /x86-64, which is an enterprise software solution that enables native Solaris/SPARC applications to run on industry-standard x86-based platforms. This was followed in October 2007 by QuickTransit for Solaris/SPARC -to-Linux /Itanium and a third product, QuickTransit for Solaris/SPARC -to-Solaris/x86-64, is currently in the beta phase and expected to be released in early 2008.IBM announced its QuickTransit-basedPowerVM Lx86 software in January 2008 which enablesx86 based Linux-applications to run unmodified onPower Architecture basedSystem p hardware. This capability was previously announced in beta form in April 2007 under the name System p AVE.Announcements
Transitive Corporation has announced collaborations with
Intel to develop solutions for products which translates software written for Sun Solaris usingSPARC processors so it can run on theLinux operating system running Intel processors.External links
* [http://www.transitive.com/ Transitive Corporation Web site]
* [http://www.transitive.com/news/news_20061106.htm QuickTransit announcement]
* [http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2005/jun/06intel.html Apple press release]
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