Print News: Open Group to Develop New framework for Java Real Time with Jeopard

Jason Stamper in an article reported that Open Group would be 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 modern parallel processor systems.

Supported by the European Commission, the Java Environment for Parallel Real-time Development, Jeopard, project is investing over USD 4.9m in an advanced framework for real-time Java running on multicore and parallel systems.

Jeopard consortium includes four universities and research institutes including University of York, Vienna University of Technology, FZI, and the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca. It also includes three industrial manufacturers including EADS, RadioLabs, and SkySoft, and two embedded systems technology suppliers including aicas and Sysgo.

The project will actively contribute to standards required for the development of portable software in the domain, such as the Real-Time Specification for Java (RTSJ). 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 and Safety-Critical Java.