Oracle, AMD urge support for Java GPU proposal

Java processing would be segmented via OpenJDK into work for graphics processor and work for CPU

By Paul Krill, InfoWorld | Software, AMD, java

Coomes and Frost noted intentions to leverage Java 8 lambda language and library features. Project Lamdba addresses multicore programming support by adding closures and other features to Java. Java SE (Standard Edition) 8 is due next year. The GPU project would maintain one or more code repositories derived from the OpenJDK HotSpot repository and a developers mailing list.

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Paul Krill is an editor at large at InfoWorld, focusing on coverage of application development (desktop and mobile) and core Web technologies such as HTML5, Java, and Flash.