Month: April 2020

Default Java Maximum Heap Size is changed for Java 8

Posted on by linhucaibm

Background The Maximum Java Heap Size (Xmx) is the maximum amount of memory that Java application can uses. A lower Xmx value will cause a decrease in performance due to JVM has to force frequent garbage collections in order to free up space, also if the Xmx value is lower than the amount of live…

AArch64 Early Access in OpenJ9 0.20.0

Posted on by 0xdaryl

I am excited to announce that the OpenJ9 0.20.0 JDK 11 release contains an early access version for ARM AArch64 Linux platforms!  This release begins to bring the same performance, features, and stability of the OpenJ9 Java VM already available on other platforms to 64-bit ARMv8 processors. The work builds upon the AArch64 operating system…