Java runtime solutions provider Azul Systems has just released Zing 17.03, the latest version of its Java Virtual Machine (JVM), with full support for its Falcon just-in-time (JIT) compiler. The ...

A Java compiler is a program that takes the text file work of a developer and compiles it into a platform-independent Java file. Java compilers include the Java Programming Language Compiler (javac), ...

Java compilers take center stage in this second article in the JVM performance optimization series. Eva Andreasson introduces the different breeds of compiler and compares performance results from ...

Software from Oracle that converts a program in Java bytecode (intermediate language) into machine language and executes it. The Java Virtual Machine (JVM) is the runtime engine of the Java Platform, ...

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Learn how to optimize JVM and JIT compiler performance for better execution speed, memory usage, and resource utilization in your Java applications—and how to check your results. JVM optimization ...

GraalVM is a tool for developers to write and execute Java code. Specifically, GraalVM is a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) and Java Development Kit (JDK) created by Oracle. It is a high-performance ...

Azul has launched a new cloud-native compiler that offloads Java JIT compilation from a local system to an elastic resource, lowering the amount of resources needed to run the application and ...