Emulation

Emulation is the process of simulating a target $($what we want to emulate$)$ system's hardware$/$software

architecture on a host system $($the system we want to run the emulation on$).$ From your previous study

of Computer Organization and Architecture, you are already familiar with the fact that most

hardware$/$software are not interoperable with each other because they have different hardware

capabilities, instruction sets, etc. Emulators allow us to get past this barrier and allow various kinds of

programs locked to a particular environment, to run on other systems.

can now be played in the palm of your hand on a miniscule battery and screen. How does a program from such a distant

computing device run on this phone?

Your task is to write a small treatise on emulators that introduce this matter to tech enthusiasts not

familiar with the inner workings of operating systems. However, ensure you do not oversimplify

anything: expand upon

What is an emulator and what they do $($the paragraph above is not detailed enough$)$

Software and hardware emulation $($and examples of them$)$

What software emulation has to do with operating systems

You are free to use the Internet or other specialized books as resources but make sure you mention

them by a citation. Responses from ChatGPT are very likely to be low quality and may repeat

itself$/$hallucinate$,$ so use it responsibly. Plagiarism or copying work from others will be penalized.

BONUS: Your work will be reviewed much more positively if you manage to include information about the following, but they

are notmandatory. Please don't answer them if you don't have enough time.

The development of performant FPGAs $($Field Programmable Gate Arrays$)$ have recently garnered much more

attention than expected: geeks and gamers all over the world are hopeful that FPGAs will revolutionize the video

game emulation "scene". Suggest how FPGA could possibly be related to emulation and how they can improve it$.$