European Real-Time Java Initiative Launched

The Open Group has partnered with a consortium of European real-time technology developers, industrial manufacturers, and research organizations to develop a new framework for Java-based real-time applications on parallel processor systems. Supported by the European Commission, the Java Environment for Parallel Real-time Development (JEOPARD) project is investing over $4.9 million (euro 3.3 million) in an advanced framework for real-time Java running on multicore and parallel systems. This platform-independent framework will maintain reliability for safety and mission-critical applications, while using the additional processing power available from the latest parallel platforms.

The strategic objective of the JEOPARD project is to provide the tools for platform-independent development of predictable systems that make use of SMP multicore platforms and field programmable gate array (FPGA) components. The project will actively contribute to standards required for the development of portable software in this domain, such as the Real-Time Specification for Java (RTSJ).

In addition, the JEOPARD project will develop a platform-independent software development interface for real-time multicore systems. The interface will be based on existing technologies, including the Real-Time Specification for Java (JSR 1 and JSR 282) and Safety-Critical Java (JSR 302). These technologies currently provide a foundation for the development of complex and highly reliable real-time systems, but do not yet provide support for multicore systems.

Led by The Open Group, the JEOPARD consortium includes four universities and research institutes: University of York, Vienna University of Technology, FZI, and the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca; three industrial manufacturers: EADS, RadioLabs, and SkySoft; and two embedded systems technology suppliers: aicas, and Sysgo.

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