Dalvik Turbo virtual machine

{{Promotional|date=November 2019}}

{{Infobox software

|name = Dalvik Turbo

|logo =

|screenshot =

|caption =

|collapsible =

|author = Myriad Group

|developer =

|released =

|discontinued =

|latest release version =

|latest release date =

|latest preview version =

|latest preview date =

|programming language =

|operating system = Linux

|platform = Android and others

|size =

|language =

|status =

|genre = Virtual machine

|license = Proprietary commercial software

}}

Dalvik Turbo was created as a proprietary compatibility layer alternative to Google's implementation of the Dalvik virtual machine that runs on the Android operating system and other platforms.{{cite web|url=http://www.myriadgroup.com/Myriad/Device-Manufacturers/Android-solutions/~/media/D42B513FB5114FF2B4CA13A2D8CE313E.ashx |title=Myriad Alien Dalvik |publisher=Myriadgroup.com |accessdate=2013-11-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113193859/http://www.myriadgroup.com/Myriad/Device-Manufacturers/Android-solutions/~/media/D42B513FB5114FF2B4CA13A2D8CE313E.ashx |archivedate=2013-11-13 }} It was originally developed by French/Swiss firm Myriad Group.[http://www.myriadgroup.com/Media-Centre/News/MYRIAD-BRINGS-3x-FASTER-APPLICATIONS-RICHER-GAME-GRAPHICS-AND-BETTER-BATTERY-LIFE-TO-ANDROID.aspx] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100226014027/http://www.myriadgroup.com/Media-Centre/News/MYRIAD-BRINGS-3x-FASTER-APPLICATIONS-RICHER-GAME-GRAPHICS-AND-BETTER-BATTERY-LIFE-TO-ANDROID.aspx|date=February 26, 2010}}{{Cite web|url=https://news.softpedia.com/news/Myriad-Launches-Dalvik-Turbo-Virtual-Machine-for-Android-134422.shtml|title=Myriad Launches Dalvik Turbo Virtual Machine for Android|last=Arghire|first=Ionut|website=softpedia|date=9 February 2010 |language=english|access-date=2019-11-16}} Dalvik Turbo has an alternative version which runs on non-Android platforms, Sailfish OS, which is known as Alien Dalvik.{{cite web|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/uhu86h/myriads-alien-dalvik-runs-android-apps-on-non-android-devices|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117120544/https://www.mtv.com/news/uhu86h/myriads-alien-dalvik-runs-android-apps-on-non-android-devices|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 17, 2024|title=Myriad's Alien Dalvik Runs Android Apps On Non-Android Devices!|website=MTV }}

The virtual machine runs the Java platform on compatible mobile devices, and it can also run applications which have been converted into a compact Dalvik Executable (.dex) bytecode format for lower end devices.

In 2011, MIPS Technologies entered into a license agreement with Myriad to make their Dalvik Turbo Virtual Machine (VM) available to its licensees as part of its standard distribution of Android for its MIPS architecture.{{cite web|url=http://www.mips.com/news-events/newsroom/newsindex/index.dot?id=39253 |title=MIPS Technologies Adopts Myriad's Dalvik Turbo VM Engine for its Android™ on MIPS® Distribution |date=2011-05-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509164749/http://www.mips.com/news-events/newsroom/newsindex/index.dot?id=39253 |archivedate=May 9, 2012 }}