“Sun Microsystems Inc. today fleshed out some technical details
for its Microprocessor Architecture for Java Computing (MAJC),
which it hopes will be used to power a new class of networked
appliances for accessing music, video and other media-rich content
from the Internet.
To meet the needs of a high-volume consumer market, MAJC
(pronounced ‘magic’) was designed to deliver solid performance at a
low cost, and to run a range of devices, including gaming machines,
TV set-top boxes and telephones with small video screens.”
“Chips based on the MAJC architecture will be able to
process complex graphics and voice data, and compute at very high
clock rates in networked environments, according to Sun. The
company has said it will make chips based on MAJC itself, and will
also likely license the architecture to third-party chip
makers.”