Method overloading is a programming technique that allows developers to use the same method name multiple times in the same class, but with different parameters. Because of the word overloading, ...

Embedded Java implementations run up against performance problems because of the stack structures the language requires. Java implements a stack-based programming model, in which two stacks are ...

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 ...

The Java Virtual Machine (JVM) is a vital part of modern distributed computing. It is the platform of big data applications like Spark, HDFS, Cassandra,and Hive. While the JVM provides “write once, ...

Jazelle Extension Another way to speed Java execution on a standard RISC architecture is to extend the architecture itself, to directly execute Java instructions. ARM designers added a new Java ...