Java fast on HP-UX

Palo Alto 02 Feb 00 Hewlett-Packard Company today announced best-in-class SPEC JVM98 results on commercially available products for Java applications on its HP 9000 N-Class server and J-Class workstation. Additionally, HP is delivering 3-D technology for Java and a new Java browser plug-in on the HP-UX platform.

The two-way, 440MHz N-Class server with 1,024MB RAM scored a SPEC JVM98 result of 49.1. The two-way, 440MHz J-Class J5000 workstation, also with 1,024MB RAM, performed even better with a score of 53.5. The SPEC JVM98 benchmark measures the speed and efficiency of a Java Virtual Machine (JVM). These results demonstrate that HP's solution for these Java platforms, on either a server or workstation, performs better than comparable machines running a UNIX(R) operating system.

Continuing its support of the Java language and platform, and its commitment to providing the Java implementations that customers want, HP also announced two new features for Java on HP-UX:

- Java3D -- The HP 3-D technology for the Java platform is an HP-UX implementation of Java3D technology that enables development and deployment of 3-D applications on HP's line of technical workstations. Java3D is a scene-graph-based 3-D Application Programming Interface (API) that allows the user to develop complex 3-D applications with high-performance and functionality while maintaining the "write once, run anywhere" freedom of Java.

As Java3D is platform-independent, the user can develop 3-D applications, such as Mechanical Design Automation (MDA) and scientific visualization tools that run across a wide range of 3-D hardware.

- Java browser plug-in -- The HP browser plug-in for Java is the first Java 1.2.2 plug-in available for browsers running in an HP-UX environment. This plug-in provides browser users with the latest functionality available for Java applications and applets for HP-UX.

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