CheerpX: a WebAssembly-based x86 virtual machine in the browser, Yuri Iozzelli
Original event: https://www.meetup.com/wasmsf/events/...
WebAssembly is a new web technology that promises to revolutionize the web ecosystem. In this talk, I will explore the very limits of what is possible to do with it, by describing CheerpX: A WebAssembly-based x86 virtual machine in the browser.
Similarly to modern native virtual machines, CheerpX features a Just-In-Time compiler capable of producing optimized WebAssembly code at runtime. This has the potential of speeding up the execution considerably and unlocking the possibility of running real-world native applications in the browser.
One such application that we are currently working on at Leaning Technologies to showcase the CheerpX potential is the Adobe Flash Player for Linux: This allows running unmodified Flash content on modern browsers without plugins.