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Original author(s) | Myriad Group |
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Operating system | Linux |
Platform | Android and others |
Type | Virtual machine |
License | Proprietary commercial software |
Dalvik Turbo is a proprietary compatibility layer alternative to Google's implementation of the Dalvik virtual machine that runs on the Android operating system and other platforms [1] developed by French/Swiss firm Myriad Group. [2] [3] The version running on other platforms like Sailfish OS is known as Alien Dalvik. [4]
The virtual machine runs the Java platform on compatible mobile devices, and it can also run applications which have been converted into a compact
Dalvik Executable (.dex
) bytecode format for lower end devices.
MIPS Technologies entered into a license agreement with Myriad to make their Dalvik Turbo Virtual Machine (VM) available to its licensees as part of its standard distribution of Android for its MIPS architecture. [5]
Myriad claims applications run in Dalvik Turbo "up to three times" faster, while reducing battery drain and giving developers the power they need to create graphically intense games. [6]
Dalvik Turbo has been shown on video to be 2.8 times faster while running a benchmark test. [7]