The generational hypothesis is key to efficient modern garbage collection HotSpot counts the number of collections an object has survived to implement generational GC The Parallel collector is still ...

Java runtime maker Azul Systems recently made its flagship Zing Java Virtual Machine (JVM) available to open source developers for free for use in development, qualification and testing. The Zing JVM ...

Java applications run on the JVM, but what do you know about JVM technology? This article, the first in a series, is an overview of how a classic Java virtual machine works such as pros and cons of ...

Microsoft has made a collection of libraries for analyzing HotSpot Java garbage collection (GC) log files available in an open source form. GCToolkit parses log files into discrete events and provides ...

The Java platform’s garbage collection mechanism greatly increases developer productivity, but a poorly implemented garbage collector can over-consume application resources. In this third article in ...