14 DAY TRIAL // Worldwide leading provider of mobile technology solutions Myriad Group AG, which has software included in more than 2 billion handsets globally, announced on Monday the release of its high performance Dalvik Turbo virtual machine for the Android platform. According to the company, the new virtual machine is expected to replace the standard Dalvik engine that powers applications on Google's mobile operating system, while also offering a great deal of improvements.
The new Dalvik Turbo is expected to increase the execution speed of applications by up to tree times, meaning that OEMs and wireless operators can bring smoother delivery, as well as more complex applications to the OS, and substantial battery life enhancements. In addition, developers will have the opportunity to take full advantage of the Android platform, so that they can create games with advanced graphics and complex models. Not to mention that all these are available without significant increases in the memory requirements for the handsets.
“The Android ecosystem continues to gain momentum with a regular flow of new devices being launched by operators and OEMs globally,” said Simon Wilkinson, CEO of Myriad Group. “By bringing together Myriad’s heritage in virtual machines and Linux platforms we have been able to significantly improve the performance of Android handsets, leading to a greatly enhanced user experience with richer applications and games and improved responsiveness.”
Dalvik Turbo has been developed based on Myriad’s virtual machine expertise and should provide a great increase in performance while maintaining full compatibility with existing applications. According to the company, the solution will replace the existing Dalvik virtual machine in Android and should lead to rapid integration. In addition, the new solution also comes with support for a wider range of processors, based on ARM, Intel Atom and MIPS architectures.
“As a founder of the Open handset Alliance (OHA) Myriad has contributed significantly to the Android platform and today continues to heavily invest in technological advances specifically targeted at Android. These include stand‐alone applications such as a WAP browser, MMS messaging, SyncML client, DRM module and IMPS client. The company is also responsible for the Compatibility Test Suite (CTS) framework within OHA, which is used for testing the compatibility of Android systems,” the company also notes.