As explained in Wikipedia - A Java processor is the implementation of the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) in hardware.
However, few people know that new Polish construction appeared recently: processor called Warszawa cosntrucred by Polish company http://www.gryftechnologia.com.
During execution of Java program, instructions written in byte code and arguments are sent to instruction decoder. 30% of byte code instructions are realized directly on hardware. The rest is translated to assembly language because of their complicity and additional features of Java Virtual Machine.
An article about the new processor (in Polish) can be found here.
Nice stuff! I'm waiting for a development board.
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