Java Garbage Collection remains a topic of major interest even after 25 years. Many developers are still confused about the fundamentals of the topic, even of the most widely-used implementation ...

In order to understand garbage collection and the various GC approaches and algorithms, you must first know a few things about the Java platform’s memory model.

Java applications run on the JVM, but what do you know about JVM technology? This article, the first in a series, is an overview of how a classic Java virtual machine works such as pros and cons of ...

Object Lifetimes Garbage collection algorithms are often optimized with the expectation that most objects live for a very short period of time, while relatively few live for very long.

Oshkosh Corporation, the Wisconsin-based manufacturer best known for military and heavy-duty trucks, recently unveiled HARR-E ...

As part of JEP-291, the popular Concurrent Mark Sweep garbage collection algorithm has been deprecated by Java Development Kit 9. This decision was made to both reduce the maintenance burden of ...