CNET

Valve's Steam Machine: How Much It Will Cost, When It Comes Out and More

Valve has yet to give a firm release date for the Steam Machine, but last November, when showing off the new hardware lineup, ...

Forget VirtualBox - I discovered a better, more reliable VM manager for Linux

Yes, Virt-Manager does have a slightly steeper learning curve than VirtualBox. (I'll write an article soon on how to create a VM with Virt-Manager.) However, the reward for getting up to speed is a ...
GitHub

In Java, a thread is a lightweight sub-process, the smallest unit of processing. It is a separate path of execution. Threads are independent, if there occurs exception in one ...

Platform threads are managed by the operating system. They are heavyweight, consuming more resources and having a higher context-switching cost. The java.lang.Thread class in Java represents a ...
IEEE

Enabling unrestricted automated synthesis of portable hardware accelerators for virtual machines

Abstract: The performance of virtual machines (e.g., Java Virtual Machines---JVMs) can be significantly improved when critical code sections (e.g., Java bytecode methods) are migrated from software to ...
InfoQ

Java 25, the Next LTS Release, Delivers Finalized Features and Focus on Performance and Runtime

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Prevent AI-generated tech debt with Skeleton ...
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Microsoft Launches 'jaz' to Optimize Java Applications on Azure

Microsoft has announced the private preview of jaz, a new Java Virtual Machine (JVM) launcher tailored for cloud deployments on Azure. The tool aims to address long-standing challenges developers face ...
TechSpot

Java turns 30 and shows no signs of slowing down

The big picture: Java stands as one of the enduring pillars of the software world. The programming language was released by Sun Microsystems on May 23, 1995, and so far has weathered the shifting ...
ZDNet

Java at 30: How a language designed for a failed gadget became a global powerhouse

Some programming languages, such as Rust, Go, or TypeScript, are cool. Others, including Cobol and Java, are regarded as dull. However, while Java, which turned 30 on May 23, may not be the most ...
Computer Weekly

VMware and Oracle licensing: Time to consider alternatives

Changes to Java and VMware software licensing that have been rolled out over the past few years have a material impact on the total cost of running existing Java-based enterprise systems. IT ...
Hackaday

Remembering UCSD P-System, The Pascal Virtual Machine

Long before the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) was said to take the world by storm, the p-System (pseudo-system, or virtual machine) developed at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) provided a ...
InfoWorld

The best Java and JVM language frameworks

The Java ecosystem supports a host of outstanding back-end frameworks, including many written for modern languages like Scala and Kotlin. Here's how seven top frameworks for Java and JVM languages ...