Java Microarchitectures / Edition 1

by Vijaykrishnan Narayanan (Editor), Mario L. Wolczko (Editor)

Overview

Java is an exciting new object-oriented technology. Hardware for supporting objects and other features of Java such as multithreading, dynamic linking and loading is the focus of this book. The impact of Java's features on micro-architectural resources and issues in the design of Java-specific architectures are interesting topics that require the immediate attention of the research community. While Java has become an important part of desktop applications, it is now being used widely in high-end server markets, and will soon be widespread in low-end embedded computing.

Java Microarchitectures contains a collection of papers providing a snapshot of the state of the art in hardware support for Java. The book covers the behavior of Java applications, embedded processors for Java, memory system design, and high-performance single-chip architectures designed to execute Java applications efficiently.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781402070341
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	04/30/2002
Series:	The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science , #679
Edition description:	2002
Pages:	252
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.03(d)

Table of Contents

1 Benchmarking the Java Virtual Architecture.- 2 AStudy of Memory Behavior of Java Workloads.- 3 An Efficient Hardware Implementation of Java Bytecodes, Threads, and Processes for Embedded and Real-Time Applications.- 4 Stack Dependency Resolution for Java Processors based on Hardware Folding and Translation: A Bytecode Processing Analysis.- 5 Improving Java Performance in Embedded and General-Purpose Processors.- 6 The Delft-Java Engine.- 7 Quicksilver: A Quasi-static Java Compiler for Embedded Systems.- 8 Concurrent Garbage Collection Using Hardware-Assisted Profiling.- 9 Space-Time Dimensional Computing for Java Programs on the MAJC Architecture.- 10 Java Machine and Integrated Circuit Architecture (JAMAICA).- 11 Dynamic Java Threads on the JAMAICA Single-Chip Multiprocessor.- References.

Editorial Reviews

Explores the design of hardware for supporting objects and other features of Java, and the impact of Java on microarchitectural resources. The 11 papers address architectural support for Java execution in embedded environments, memory systems, and high- performance single-chip multiprocessors. Some of the topics are microarchitectural techniques for improving the performance of Java applications executed on embedded Java processors, the memory behavior of Java workloads, concurrent garbage collection using hardware-assisted profiling, and the Java machine and integrated circuit architecture (JAMAICA). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)