New chip to speed up cellphone Java applications
Nazomi Communications has unveiled its first silicon IC Java accelerator
chip, which improves Java software execution while extending battery life in
cellphones. The JA108 offloads the microprocessor by taking over the task of
executing Java bytecode instructions quickly and power-efficiently and thus
speeds up Java software execution by 15x to 60x, depending on the
application. It accomplishes this without increasing system clock
frequencies, requiring additional memory, new tools or causing any new
porting efforts. The chip, which interfaces like a standard SRAM device, is
a stand-alone Java Accelerator that can be easily integrated into new and
existing designs on existing memory buses.
Jay Kamdar, vice president of marketing at Nazomi commented, "With the
deployment of 2.5G and 3G networks, wireless carriers are increasingly
looking at offering Java-based-interactive applications, such as multimedia
messaging, financial services and gaming, to increase the average revenue
per unit (ARPU) and customer loyalty. Nazomi's Java acceleration solutions
will improve the usability and the overall user experience of these
services. With JA108 enhanced devices, handset manufacturers can readily
answer the carriers' demand for Java enabled phones that deliver enhanced
performance in the most economical and practical way."
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Turner" <leap@gol.com>
To: <keitai-l@appelsiini.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 9:09 PM
Subject: (keitai-l) Make a mInt! Gratuitously! (was Re: Re: mInt License -
By popular demand!)
Well, I think we've tortured these guys enough. As Jamie
said, it's been rushed through, and I'm sure they'll clean up
the various typos and legal issues in future drafts.
A very liberal interpretation of downloads I and others
made is that IntaDev copyright is weakened by their pre-
announcement of mInt as "open source," and the lack of
any license terms in the initial release as "free", and that
we therefore own this stuff.
A more conservative interpretation is that IntaDev's (implicit)
copyright means that current license restrictions on mInt's use
apply retroactively to previous unlicensed releases. While
that's probably simplistic, and has its own legal minefield
potential, I lean in this direction, and I think it's only civilized
that everyone else do the same. ("'Civilized'? Moi?")
Certain points of this license seem pretty smart: it rankles
a bit at first, for example, that benchmarks of mInt can't
be published without IntaDev's permission, but if you look
at Games Benchmarkers Play (many of them dirty), it's
not surprising that it's come to this.
-michael turner
leap@gol.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nick May" <nick@kyushu.com>
To: <keitai-l@appelsiini.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 9:53 PM
Subject: (keitai-l) Re: mInt License - By popular demand!
>
> keitai-l@appelsiini.net writes:
> >However, I note that Section 3 says that the "Software is provided
> >gratuitously." It's nice to know that you and Michael agree on
> >something!
>
>
> section 3 could not make up its mind - I have "without charge" and
> "gratuitously" in there, but marked as "deleted".
>
> I noted this off list, but it seems not to be a priority to fix.
>
> I am grateful that it has been released "free" in whatever sense, but
> Intadev have been frighteningly naive about the whole license issue.
> That's potentially dangerous for them.
>
> nick
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