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To: Bob Duclos who wrote (3870)	9/22/1998 2:37:00 PM
From: J R KARY	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 8218

IBM Japan reveals 2 TV set-top PowerPC boxes with 3.4g hard drive Supports JAVA but does not disclose OS , for both digital satellite and cable signals , with data download from satellite : " September 22, 1998 (TOKYO) -- IBM Japan Ltd. exhibited a set-top box with an embedded hard disk drive (HDD) at the IBM Fair '98 held in Makuhari, near Tokyo, from Sept. 16-18. There are two types of boxes, one for communication satellite (CS) digital broadcasting and another for digital cable TV broadcasting. Both types use a 2.5-in. HDD with 3.2GB of storage. No output terminals are provided for either type. " nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com Though this initial model's I/O is very limited , IBM seems to be recommending its processing capabilities suggesting use of JAVA and HTML . Jim K.

To: Bob Duclos who wrote (3870)	9/22/1998 5:55:00 PM
From: David Harker	Respond to of 8218

The performance (as with all java) is still slower than C++. Performance is our TOP work-item, and we have many suggestions in our pipeline to Sun on how they can improve java performance in the JDK's (they over-use synchronization internally, etc). >Does it depend on a resident interpreter at runtime, on >both servers and client machines, or is it precompiled to >native code? San Francisco code does not depend on anything, other than the ability of the client and server to run java. Use of JIT's (Just-In-Time compilers) can make things much faster if the user chooses, but can also cause problems (JIT's change code, sometimes introducing problems, in our experience) - they are often immature, technologically. To my knowledge, nothing is precompiled to native, that completely negates the advantages of java. Please see the web page in my profile, there are many articles on SF referenced there, many technical details, etc. Private messages would probably be appreciated for any future detailed tech. questions, though I'll probably refer them to the web page, I've got lots of work to do this week.