Carl Barratt

Java, in its J2ME guise, has all the attributes of a first-rate platform for embedded system design. More specifically, its platform independence, code portability, and robust operation render it particularly suited to such applications. The extensive use of embedded Java-based devices in the future is secure due to the proliferation of standards based on it, and, moreover, the endorsement of major OEMs committed to its use in their designs. It's become clear that the potential marketplace for embedded Java devices is vast, but that some of these markets are not yet mature. Successful manufacturers in the immediate market for embedded devices, such as wireless handsets and set-top boxes, possess a huge investment in legacy code that they, not unreasonably, wish to retain. Along with the problem of generating acceptable performance in resource-constrained environments... (more)

J2ME Benchmarking: A Review

It could be argued that the clock speed of a given processing platform enables you to estimate the execution time of a user application running on that platform. However, quoting figures such as MIPS (millions of instructions per second) are somewhat futile, since the execution of a specific number of instructions on one processor will not necessarily accomplish the same end result as that same number of instructions running on a different processor. It's the execution speed of a given set of instructions that's of greater concern when selecting an appropriate platform to run ap... (more)