Re: Java execution acceleration

Sure, that's the method many ARM licensees choose with Jazelle. Many ARM-variants have Jazelle support - but, at least in the past, there was not only cost involved for the silicon but also for the Jazelle license. I don't know what the latest status on the Jazelle license cost is.

As I mentioned in my first answer, however, we have found the performance and memory benefits from using a technique such as a direct byte code accelerator marginal in most application scenarios. What we've also found is that there is a much higher payback in optimizing the VM software and stack as well as educating developers about designing applications for efficient execution. 

Hardware acceleration is only a very small part of the overall equation. Topics like cost, features, design, integration are all much more important to most parts of the value chain than a minor performance increase for certain application corner cases.

-- Terrence
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