With the availability of compelling net-centric services and Java hardware, device manufacturers are faced with two questions: At what point do the revenue opportunities enabled by hardware-based Java ...

A Silicon Valley start-up called Azul Systems plans to start selling hardware next year designed to make it faster and more efficient to run Java programs. The company has developed a custom processor ...

High-performance processors can interpret Java virtual-machine (JVM) bytecodes faster, or compile them to native code more quickly, than the average processor. However, there are a number of reasons ...

Azul Systems partners with BEA Systems and JBoss in its bid to popularize special-purpose hardware to centralize Java server programs. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote ...

Key to a software approach is flexibility. A variety of alternatives are available for different processors, operating systems (OSs), and development environments. Java applications can be easily ...

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SAN MATEO, Calif. – A fabless SRAM designer aims to give a new twist to cellular phone designs by developing a Java hardware accelerator as a third die for today's widely used SRAM/flash multi-chip ...

Sun Chairman Scott McNealy (left) with Oracle chief Larry Ellison. With the move- valued at $7.4 billion including Sun's debt - Oracle also becomes a full-fledged hardware player. Oracle has been ...

Port of the JVM to the open-source licensed instruction set architecture could be ready later this year, if project gets approval to proceed. The RISC-V hardware instruction set would get a ...

Hardware expected to begin selling next year is designed to make it faster and more efficient to run Java programs. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, ...