LONDON — A U.K. startup has designed a Java byte code processor around the ARCtangent-A4 32-bit RISC core and claims it achieves better Java performance than ARM's Jazelle at the same clock frequency.

Open-source Java platform provider Azul has announced that its Zulu downstream distribution of OpenJDK now supports Coordinated Restore at Checkpoint (CRaC) functionality. Azul leads the CRaC Project, ...