[aarch64-port-dev ] We Rock.

[White, Derek]

Definitely congratulations to aarch64-port-dev, and especially Andrew! These open source projects might work out OK after all ��

BTW, AnandTech was using JDK 8u161, not 9. We've seen a 13% boost in SPECjbb critical scores in JDK 9 vs. JDK 8 on aarch64. I expect most of that increase is due to aarch64 optimization, not JDK 9 performance generally. Note that one of the main performance features in JDK 9 is CompactStrings, which actually hurts SPECjbb performance by 2-3% on aarch64 (until we finish the string intrinsics).

Java on Aarch64 is looking good, and there's a lot more to come!
 - Derek

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> bounces at openjdk.java.net] On Behalf Of Andrew Haley
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> Subject: [aarch64-port-dev ] We Rock.
> 
> Congrats to Cavium and the Vulcan team.  And us too:
> 
> " From the early server software testing we have done so far, we can only be
> pleasantly surprised. The performance-per-dollar of the
> ThunderX2 in both Java Server (SPECJbb) and Big Data processing is – right
> now – by far the best in the server market."
> 
> https://www.anandtech.com/show/12694/assessing-cavium-thunderx2-arm-
> server-reality/12
> 
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> 
> Andrew Haley
> Java Platform Lead Engineer
> Red Hat UK Ltd. <https://www.redhat.com>
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