JOP-plus - A processor for efficient execution of java programs extended with GALS concurrency

Author

Nadeem, Muhammad ; Biglari-Abhari, Morteza ; Salcic, Zoran

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

fYear

2012

fDate

Jan. 30 2012-Feb. 2 2012

Firstpage

17

Lastpage

22

Abstract

In this paper we present an approach to efficiently mix Java with asynchronous and synchronous concurrency and execute it on a specialized Java processor extended with capabilities for concurrency and reactivity. A new processor, which uses JOP (Java Optimized Processor) as its base, executes concurrent programs that comply with Globally Asynchronous Locally Synchronous (GALS) formal model of computation by clearly distinguishing between concurrency and reactivity control flow and Java control flow. The new processor, called JOP-Plus, can be used for embedded and even real-time applications in which majority of code is written in Java and the overall programs specified and structured in SystemJ system-level concurrent programming language.

Keywords

Java; multiprocessing programs; GALS concurrency; JOP-plus; Java optimized processor; Java programs; concurrent programming language; globally asynchronous locally synchronous; Clocks; Concurrent computing; Java; Radio frequency; Real time systems; Registers; Synchronization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), 2012 17th Asia and South Pacific

Conference_Location

Sydney, NSW

ISSN

2153-6961

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0770-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ASPDAC.2012.6164940

Filename

6164940