ZGC | What's new in JDK 17
JDK 17 was released on September 14. This is a Long-Term Support (LTS) release, meaning it will be supported and receive updates for many years. This is also the first LTS release where a production ready version of ZGC is...
ZGC | What's new in JDK 16
JDK 16 is out, and as usual, each new release comes with a bunch of new features, enhancements and bug fixes. ZGC received 46 enhancements and 25 bug fixes. Here I’ll cover a few of the more interesting enhancements. Sub-milliseond...
ZGC | Inside Java Podcast
I had the pleasure of being invited to the Inside Java Podcast, where David Delabassee and I talked about ZGC. We covered some of the things that is new in JDK 15 as well as what’s coming in JDK 16....
ZGC | Oracle Developer Live
JDK 15 was released on September 15. To celebrate the release, Oracle hosted the virtual conference Oracle Developer Live - Java, where I gave a talk on ZGC. If you missed the event, all sessions were recorded and are available...
ZGC | What's new in JDK 15
In this post I will highlight some of the more interesting changes that went into ZGC in JDK 15. As always, if you’re looking for additional information on ZGC, please see the OpenJDK Wiki, the GC section on Inside Java,...
ZGC | Using -XX:SoftMaxHeapSize
In JDK 13 we introduced a new JVM option called -XX:SoftMaxHeapSize=<size>. ZGC is so far the only garbage collector in HotSpot that supports this options, but work to also support it in G1 is ongoing. Since this option is relatively...
ZGC | What's new in JDK 14
Like clockwork, JDK 14 was released on March 17, six months after JDK 13. From a ZGC point of view, this was a big release since we managed to complete several important milestones and improvements towards making it a fully...
Hello World!
Just got this blog up and running, where I intend to primarily write about the development of OpenJDK. I hope to highlight new features and improvements, give some tuning tips, explain what’s going on inside the JVM, etc. Since I’m...