My current understanding of this is that to run on top of a Java Processor
you still need a JVM, it is just that the translation step is skipped. It
will be a little painful, but not tremendously so. This isn't an issue for
a good while, yet, though, because Java Processessors in the masse market
for PC's is a few years away at the pace Sun is currently going. They are
being positioned for the embedded market, despite the potential of them on
the desktop.
Regards,
Avery J. Regier
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> Subject: [JOS-Kernel] JOS and Java processors
>
> I've been thinking about the possibility of running JOS on a Java
> processor.
> Being able to run Java on a Java processor (i.e. achieving the speed of
> native code) is kind of like ultimate goal of Java as far as I'm
> concerned.
>
> By questions is, to those who know more about this than me (I'm a total
> newbie when it comes to CPUs and kernel/JVM writing), could the kernel
> interface(s) and jvm(s) currently being worked on be used on a Java
> processor without *too* much trouble, or would that require a complete
> reswrite/redesign of the entire system?
>
> I.e., is the design of the JOS kernel(s)/JVM(s) currently suited for
> execution on Java processors?
>
> Or maybe I'm the only one who'd like to see Java processors on the
> desktop?!? :)
>
> --
> / Peter Schuller
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