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Optimizing Java-Specific Overheads: Java at the Speed of C?

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High-Performance Computing and Networking (HPCN-Europe 2001)

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Manta is a highly optimizing compiler that translates Java source code to binary executables. In this paper, we discuss four Java-specific code optimizations and their impact on application performance. We assess the execution time of three application kernels, comparing Manta with the IBM JIT 1.3.0, and with C-versions of the codes, compiled with GCC. With all three kernels, Manta generates faster code than the IBM JIT. With two kernels, the Manta versions are even faster than their C counterparts.

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  1. Division of Mathematics and Computer Science Faculty of Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands

    Henri E. Bal

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  1. Faculty of Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics,and Astronomy, University of Amsterdam, Kruislaan 403, 1098, SJ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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  2. California Institute of Technology, Caltech 158-79, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA

    Roy Williams

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Veldema, R.S., Kielmann, T., Bal, H.E. (2001). Optimizing Java-Specific Overheads: Java at the Speed of C?. In: Hertzberger, B., Hoekstra, A., Williams, R. (eds) High-Performance Computing and Networking. HPCN-Europe 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2110. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-48228-8_78

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