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 ...

Generational Z Garbage Collector would lower garbage collection CPU overhead, lower heap memory overhead, and reduce the risk of allocations stalls, OpenJDK proposal says. A proposal floating in the ...

Tackling memory limitations imposed on Java applications, Terracotta on Tuesday will offer what it describes as a breakthrough in solving the “universal problem” of Java garbage collection. The ...