Freescale looks to boost IoT innovation

The collaboration will focus on enhancing and leveraging the advantages that the Java platform provides for IoT service providers and equipment oems. Geoff Lees, senior vp and general manager of Freescale's mcu business, commented: "The immense potential of the IoT is undeniable, but its promise will only be realised if industry leaders join forces to do the work necessary to turn the vision into a reality. "With its broad adoption, open source model, huge enablement ecosystem and well defined roadmap, Java technology is ideally suited for IoT requirements. The powerful combination of Java with the performance and security of Freescale's extensive embedded processing portfolio is well positioned to play a defining role in the evolution of the IoT." As part of the collaboration, Freescale will join the Java Community Process (JCP) and work with Oracle and other JCP members to drive standard technical specifications for the Java platform. Freescale's focus in the JCP will initially be on Java for resource constrained processing platforms, such as the low cost, small geometry microcontrollers that provide the embedded intelligence for IoT enabled products. In addition, Freescale has joined the OpenJDK community, where it will work with Oracle to enhance Java for Freescale i.MX application processors, as well as contribute to open implementations of Java apis for the IoT.