Chapter 3. Java Card Technology Overview
Java Card technology enables programs written in the Java programming language to run on smart cards and other resource-constrained devices. This chapter gives an overview of Java Card technology—the system architecture and its components.
Architecture Overview
Smart cards represent one of the smallest computing platforms in use today. The memory configuration of a smart card might have on the order of 1K of RAM, 16K of EEPROM, and 24K of ROM. The greatest challenge of Java Card technology design is to fit Java system software in a smart card while conserving enough space for applications. The solution is to support only a subset of the features of the Java language and to apply a split model to implement ...
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