RSS Digest: Week Ending 25-Nov-2011

Java

Biased Locking, OSR, and Benchmarking Fun
http://mechanical-sympathy.blogspot.com/2011/11/biased-locking-osr-and-benchmarking-fun.html

What the heck is OSR and why is it Bad (or Good)?
http://www.azulsystems.com/blog/cliff/2011-11-22-what-the-heck-is-osr-and-why-is-it-bad-or-good

Language / Library / VM co-evolution in Java SE 8
http://blogs.oracle.com/briangoetz/resource/devoxx-lang-lib-vm-co-evol.pdf

Programming

Barrier
http://ridiculousfish.com/blog/posts/barrier.html

Technology

Cisco UCS C200 M2 Server Powered by Intel Xeon Processors: 10 Gigabit Ethernet Matches QDR InfiniBand for Clustered HPC
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/ps10265/le_32804_pb_hpc10ge.pdf

Why Network Timing Accuracy is Increasingly Important in Electronic Markets
http://www.hftreview.com/pg/blog/mike/read/26500/why-network-timing-accuracy-is-increasingly-important-in-electronic-markets