GPU acceleration is coming to Java

[TALHA]

So said IBM’s Chief Technology Officer of Java, John Duimovich, in a keynote address at the JavaOne conference today.

Duimovich noted that GPU accelerators pack incredible compute power, and leveraging their 10x speedups for Java workloads can accelerate complex computations that process lots of data.

Java and GPUs open up a world of new opportunities for GPU accelerators and Java programmers alike.

Millions of developers rely on the Java programming language for web 2.0, big data analytics and scientific computing. It’s widely used in large-scale distributed frameworks, like Apache Hadoop, due to its ease of programmability, modularity and multiplatform support. 

 

 

READ MORE: http://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2013/09/22/gpu-coming-to-java/#

[Wolfur]

 

So said IBM’s Chief Technology Officer of Java, John Duimovich, in a keynote address at the JavaOne conference today.

Duimovich noted that GPU accelerators pack incredible compute power, and leveraging their 10x speedups for Java workloads can accelerate complex computations that process lots of data.

Java and GPUs open up a world of new opportunities for GPU accelerators and Java programmers alike.

Millions of developers rely on the Java programming language for web 2.0, big data analytics and scientific computing. It’s widely used in large-scale distributed frameworks, like Apache Hadoop, due to its ease of programmability, modularity and multiplatform support. 

 

 

READ MORE: http://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2013/09/22/gpu-coming-to-java/#

 

 

One would think this kind of news would come from AMD representative of APU, HSA and hUMA marketing... mwhahahah

[gastew15]

Sweet! This might make Java an even better language now if we are able to have GPU acceleration.

[qwertywarrior]

i kept hearing of java  gpu acceleration a while ago from many Universities etc

but nothing happens

[James_AJ]

Man i just hope these trickle down to us consumers/prosumers..

[Yoinkerman]

why don't they spend money making java not a bloated piece of crap instead of throwing more horsepower at it.

[mgsstar]

Don't really like java because there seems to be so many exploits in it. But having GPU acceleration is not bad imo as it can help java games run better.

[BgG286]

I'm amazed that no one mentioned the FPS you could achieve in Minecraft with this.

[That Norwegian Guy]

Under the entry of "Spaghetti Coded" in programming textbooks, the foremost example should be Java, followed by Windows 3.11

 

Hopefully Java will be extinct by the time this becomes more than an ambition. At least my country is planning to remove Java from all high-security functions soon, including all banks etc.

[totjup5]

yay! Faster minecraft rendering!