A Journey to the Center of the Java Universe.pdf

1 Insert Picture Here A Journey to the Center of the Java Universe David Keenan, Java Platform Performance Lead, Oracle Shirish Aundhe, Software Engineer, Intel Legal Disclaimers INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH INTEL? PRODUCTS. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN INTELS TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE FOR SUCH PRODUCTS, INTEL ASSUMES NO LIABILITY WHATSOEVER, AND INTEL DISCLAIMS ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY RELATING TO SALE AND/OR USE OF INTEL PRODUCTS, INCLUDING LIABILITY OR WARRANTIES RELATING TO FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY, OR INFRINGEMENT OF ANY PATENT, COPYRIGHT, OR OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHT. Intel may make changes to specifications, product descriptions, and plans at any time, without notice. All dates provided are subject to change without notice. SPEC, SPECint2000, SPECfp2000, SPECint2006, SPECfp2006, SPECjbb, SPECWeb are trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. See for more information. Intel processor numbers are not a measure of performance. Processor numbers differentiate features within each processor series, not across different processor sequences. See /products/processor_number for details. Copyright ? 2009 Intel Corporation. All rights are protected. Intel, the Intel logo, Centrino, Centrino 2, Intel Core, vPro, and Xeon are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. Intel? Virtualization Technology requires a computer system with an enabled Intel? processor, BIOS, virtual machine monitor (VMM) and, for some uses, certain platform software enabled for it. Functionality, performance or other benefits will vary depending on hardware and software configurations and may require a BIOS update. Software applications may not be compatible with all operating systems. Please check with your application vendor. Hyper-Threading Technology requires a computer system with a processor supporting HT Technology and an HT Technology-enabled chipset, BIOS and op