Thread: Could Maemo/MeeGo ever be compatible with Android apps and vice-versa?
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2010-09-09 , 18:48
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Originally Posted by wmarone View Post
They do, and the chip in the N900 includes it, IIRC. However, the output of the Android compiler targets Dalvik, which isn't compatible with the standard Java runtimes or most hardware Java accelleration.
No, the Cortex A8 does not have Jazelle DBX. It only has Jazelle RCT which is language independent as long as it is JITed (because it defines its own machine code, which they say it's broken on the OMAP3, btw).

On the other side, the A9 brings Jazelle DBX support back, and I have to wonder why..
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