IBM Haifa Research Labs Project Highlights

1. IBM Haifa Research Labs Project Highlights Complete On-Chip Interconnect Solution, System Performance Optimization, Voice and Multimedia Technologies, Collaboration Technologies

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3. IBM Haifa System Performance Optimization • System level optimizations enable better computer architecture utilization • IBM Haifa optimization tools include compilers, post-link optimizers and adaptive optimizations Application • System performance is increasing due to better virtualization and clustering technology • System level optimizations examine the interdependence and merging of a system's components Software Development Tools Middleware Operating Systems Hypervisor SMP System Structure Compilers/Optimizers Microprocessor Core Cache Interconnect I/O Package Semiconductors

4. Application (MIDlet) JSR-135 MobileMedia Framework Decoders J9 MIDP Native OS Renderers IBM Haifa Voice and Multimedia Technologies Mobile Media Framework • J2ME multimedia middleware enables development of advanced multimedia applications and services for a wide variety of mobile devices • Highly extendible and flexible Java framework • Enables playback and capture of various audio and video formats Embedded Concatenate Text-to-Speech • High quality speech synthesis combines small speech segments together to form synthesized sentences • An essential part of speech-enabled car navigation and control systems for Honda, Pioneer, and Alpine

5. IBM Haifa Collaboration Technologies Pesto - an advanced Java collaboration middleware for processing real-time collaboration streams Key features: - Persistence - Lifecycle - Security - Rich presence - Awareness IBM Haifa collaboration tools build new presence information coming from multiple presence sources, and can be combined with location and contextual information for a new generation of applications