The emulator does emulate an ARM cpu. The code that runs on the emulator is the same as the code that runs on devices.
On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 1:48 PM, Josh Roesslein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Doesn't shock me that the emulator would run faster. Any modern desktop cpu > will smoke any embedded device. > Also keep in mind this isn't really a true emulator. Its more like build of > Android for the x86 processor instead of the ARM in the G1. > So there isn't really any extra overhead involved between the emulator and > the device. > > I don't the Dalvik is limited really by the device, but its own code base. > It would be interesting to compare it to other > embedded JVM used in other devices. I'm putting my money on the the Dalvik > vm. > > On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 3:37 PM, PorkChop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Yes, you make a good point, but I was only interested in a comparison >> between the emulated environment I am currently running on, and the >> real thing. It is very useful to know that the emulator actually runs >> faster than the real thing on my laptop. I expect this will always be >> the case, as Google point out that processor improvements usually lead >> to smaller devices and not faster handsets. Although, I fail to see >> the advantage in making a phone any smaller than the distance from >> your mouth to ear! >> >> >> On Oct 28, 8:21 pm, blindfold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Seehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BogoMips >> > >> > Since most G1 apps will be Android ("Java") based, this does not take >> > into account performance penalties due to the Dalvik VM and so on. I >> > would personally be much more interested in performance benchmarks of >> > Java ME apps versus equivalent Android apps running on phones with >> > comparable CPUs, say T-Mobile G1 versus Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 >> > (AFAIK, both have a 528 MHz ARM 11). >> > >> > Regards >> > >> > On Oct 28, 9:11 pm, PorkChop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> > > So that's odd...different results. Does anyone know how the bogomips >> > > are calculated? >> > >> > >> > > > > > -- Romain Guy www.curious-creature.org --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
