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A Java processor is the implementation of the JVM in hardware. In other words the bytecodes that make up the instruction set of the abstract machine become the instruction set of a concrete machine.

Implementations

Up to now only a few Java processors are available:

  • picoJava was the first attempt by Sun to build a Java processor