A Java processor architecture for embedded real-time systems

Journal of Systems Architecture

Volumn 54, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 265-286

  Schoeberl, Martin ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Java processor; Real time system; Time predictable architecture

Indexed keywords

FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

JAVA PROCESSORS; TIME-PREDICTABLE ARCHITECTURE;

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 42949092270     PISSN: 13837621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sysarc.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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