Summary: Parallel Processing Letters
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PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF JPVM
Bu­Sung Lee
Yan Gu
Wentong Cai
Alfred Heng
School of Applied Science, Nanyang Technological University
Singapore 639798
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ABSTRACT
PVM for Java (JPVM) is a parallel programming environment that provides a set of
Parallel Virtual Machine (PVM)­like class libraries developed using Java. JPVM inherits
the attributes of Java, especially Java support of heterogeneous system. However, it
also has the disadvantage of poor performance when compared to native codes. Java
performancehas been considerably improvedwith the recent introductionof Just in Time
(JIT) compilers. This paper evaluates JPVM, with and without JIT compilation, using

Source: Amir, Yair - Department of Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University

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