Integrating a Virtual Machine on a system-on-a-chip

Manufactured systems on a chip (SoC) with the current technologies cannot be modified without making hardware changes, which makes their alteration challenging. In this paper, we present the concept of implementing a minimal virtual machine (VM) on an SoC, as a possible solution to this problem. Our concept is performant and allows for dynamic program updates of the SoC without the need to reprogram the ROM, whenever the requirements change. The only prerequisite is for the system to be equipped with network capabilities.