For several years now, real-time versions of Java from smaller companies such as Aonix, Aicas and Apogee Software have jousted for market share. Now, large companies such as Sun Microsystems Inc. and ...

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SAN FRANCSICO — Sun Microsystems is rolling out a new and speedier version of its real-time Java software. The Sun Java Real Time Systems 2.0 promises latencies of just a few hundred microseconds.

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I remember well the media feeding frenzy launched by Sun Microsystems at the Embedded Systems Conference in 1998 or 1999. Java mugs were everywhere for the taking, and huge Java banners flew over the ...

The recent progress of the 2.0 Real-Time Specification for Java (RTSJ) has consequences far beyond the traditional real-time programming world. This impact belies the reputation RTSJ has among many ...

SAN FRANCISCO--Sun Microsystems released its "real-time" version of Java this week, software designed for devices that must be able to respond to high-priority events. Sun's Java Real-Time System runs ...