ARM and Oracle extend co-development into 64-bit.

“The industry has reached a significant inflection point as enterprise infrastructure, including servers and network routers, is now able to leverage high-performance, energy-efficient ARM technology,” says ARM’s Ian Drew ”a diverse, optimized software ecosystem must be in place to support these systems. This extended relationship with Oracle to enhance Java SE is an important step in growing the ARM ecosystem, which is enabling businesses and consumers worldwide to discover new levels of energy efficiency and advanced performance.“

ARM and Oracle are an increasingly pervasive joint force in both servers and network infrastructure. The combination is now heading for machine-to-machine applications such as industrial control, factory automation and single-board computers.

Additional areas for the ARM-Oracle co-operation include improving boot-up performance, power savings and library optimization.

“The long-standing (17 year) relationship between ARM and Oracle has enabled our mutual technologies to be deployed across a broad spectrum of products and applications,” says Oracle’s Henrik Stahl, “by working closely with ARM to enhance the JVM (Java Virtual Machine) adding support for 64-bit ARM technology and optimising other aspects of the Java SE product for the ARM architecture, enterprise and embedded customers can reap the benefits of high-performance, energy-efficient platforms based on ARM technology.”

Back in 1996, ARM helped port JavaOS to the ARM architecture – so kicking off a long collaboration.