SPARC Architecture 2011

With what appears to be minimal fanfare, an update of the SPARC Architecture has been released. If you ever look at SPARC disassembly code, then this is the document that you need to bookmark. If you are not familiar with it, then it basically describes how a SPARC processor should behave - it doesn't describe a particular implementation, just the "generic" processor. As with all revisions, it supercedes the SPARC v9 book published back in the 90s, having both corrections, and definitions of new instructions. Anyway, should be an interesting read :)

CON6714 - Mixed-Language Development: Leveraging Native Code from Java

Here's the abstract from my JavaOne talk:

There are some situations in which it is necessary to call native code (C/C++ compiled code) from Java applications. This session describes how to do this efficiently and how to performance-tune the resulting applications.

The objectives for the session are:

• Explain reasons for using native code in Java applications
• Describe pitfalls of calling native code from Java
• Discuss performance-tuning of Java apps that use native code

I'll cover how to call native code from Java, debugging native code, and then I'll dig into performance tuning the code. The talk is not going too deep on performance tuning - focusing on the JNI specific topics; I'll do a bit more about performance tuning in my OpenWorld talk later in the day.

Moday 1 October: Presenting at JavaOne and Oracle OpenWorld

On Monday 1 October I will be presenting at both JavaOne and Oracle Open World. The full conference schedule is available from here. The logistics for my sessions are as follows:

• JavaOne: 8:30am Monday 1 October. CON6714: "Mixed-Language Development: Leveraging Native Code from Java". San Francisco Hilton - Continental Ballroom 6
• Oracle OpenWorld: 10:45am Monday 1 October. CON6382: "Maximizing Your SPARC T4 Oracle Solaris Application Performance". Marriott Marquis - Golden Gate C3

Hope to see you there!