Oracle launched another salvo in the virtual machine battle (see The battle over virtual machine software for a deeper analysis of the battle) by offering Oracle VM 3.3. As mentioned in that article, ...

Oracle's plan to merge the Sun HotSpot Java Virtual Machine with the JRockit JVM is still evolving, but a single JVM based on both technologies is expected in 18 months to two years, an Oracle ...

Wikipedia: A Java virtual machine is a program which executes certain other programs, namely those containing Java bytecode instructions….. JVM's are most often implemented to run on an existing ...

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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OpenJDK project teams will focus work on features such as value types, code reflection, AOT compilation, and structured ...

When Oracle bought Sun Microsystems four years ago, it quickly and ruthlessly started tearing out the unprofitable stuff. Sun was a company run by engineers, a Xerox-PARC-like outfit where a cool idea ...

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Azul, the only company 100% focused on Java, released its first annual Azul State of Java Survey & Report today, an authoritative guide to understanding the current ...