Java performance programming: Read the whole series! Part 1. Learn how to reduce program overhead and improve performance by controlling object creation and garbage collection Part 2. Reduce overhead ...

One of the problems with casting is that it does have the potential to cause a loss of precision, especially if the number that gets cast does indeed fall outside of the range of the target type. Take ...

Intel and Sun Microsystems have put aside high-level rivalries to pursue the smart phone and mobile computing device market by working to optimize Sun’s Java software for the Intel XScale processor, ...