Eric Traut is an American software engineer and software emulation pioneer. Traut graduated from Stanford University in 1992. He created a new version of the Mac 68K emulator, to be used in Apple Computer's PCI PowerMac systems, a project in which he patented^[1] a form of dynamic recompilation. Software engineering (SE) is the profession concerned with specifying, designing, developing and maintaining software applications by applying technologies and practices from computer science, project management, and other fields. ... An emulator reproducing a console games playable atmosphere on a Windows computer. ... “Stanford” redirects here. ... The Mac 68K emulator was a software emulator built into all versions of the Mac OS for PowerPC. This emulator permitted the running of applications and system code that were originally written for the 680x0 based Macintosh models. ... Apple Inc. ... In computer science, dynamic recompilation (sometimes abbreviated to dynarec) is a feature of some emulators and virtual machines, where the system may recompile some part of a program during execution. ...

Traut went on to join Connectix, where he developed successful commercial emulators such as Virtual PC and Virtual Game Station. Traut became Connectix's Chief Technical Officer in 2001, after which Microsoft purchased Connectix in 2003. Connectix Corporation was a software and hardware company, noted for having released innovative products that were either made obsolete as Apple incorporated the ideas into system software, or were sold to other companies once they become popular. ... Virtual PC is a virtualization suite for Apple Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows operating systems, originally created by Connectix, subsequently acquired by Microsoft. ... The Virtual Game Station (VGS) is an emulator by Connectix that allows Sony PlayStation games to be played on a computer. ... A chief technical officer or chief technology officer (abbreviated as CTO) is an executive position whose holder is focused on scientific and technical issues within a company. ... Microsoft Corporation, (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKSE: 4338) is a multinational computer technology corporation with global annual revenue of US$44. ...

Traut currently works for Microsoft in Redmond, Washington. Location of Redmond within King County, and King County within Washington. ... For the capital city of the United States, see Washington, D.C.. For other uses, see Washington (disambiguation). ...

References

1. ^ US5,790,825 (PDF version) (1998-08-04) Eric P. Traut Method for emulating guest instructions on a host computer through dynamic recompilation of host instructions