Analysis and Design of Java Compression Offload on the IBM Hybrid Platform Thesis Wilhelm-Schickard-Institute for Informatics Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen Author: Huiyan Roy Gartenstr. 11 72213 Altensteig Email:
[email protected] 31.07.2008 Supervisor (University Tübingen) Supervisor (IBM Deutschland Entwicklung GmbH) Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Spruth Roland Seiffert, Jochen Roth Wilhelm-Schickard-Institut for Computer Science IBM Systems & Technology Group Technical Informatics Systems Software Development Sand 13 Schönaicher Str. 220, 72076 Tübingen 71032 Böblingen Germany Germany Hiermit erkläre ich, dass ich die vorliegende Arbeit selbständig und nur mit den angegebenen Hilfsmitteln verfasst habe und alle verwendeten Inhalte aus anderen Quellen als solche kenntlich gemacht habe. I hereby declare that the work presented in this thesis has been conducted independently and without any inappropriate support and that all sources of information, be it experimental or intellectual, are aptly referenced. Tübingen, 31st July, 2008 __________________________ Signature 2 Acknowledgment Acknowledgment First and foremost, I wish to express my deep appreciation and gratitude to Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Rosenstiel, Prof. Dr. Wilhelm G. Spruth and Dr. Peter Hans Roth for making it possible for me to work on this interesting and challenging thesis. Without their dedication, conviction, passion and steadfastness in bringing an extensive cooperation between the lab and University Tübingen into reality, this project wouldn't have come about. I wish this thesis to symbolize the fruit of their efforts. I would like to express my sincere thanks to the IBM supervisors Roland Seiffert and Jochen Roth for mentoring, for giving guidance and sharing ideas that were so precious to me.