The endian coversion of the code isn't a penalty, since it can be done once at load time, JIT or anywhere.<BR><BR>x86 and x86_64 JVMs are little-endian internally apparently as well.<BR><BR>i don ...

Native support for HSA’s specifications in JVMs is expected with Java 9 in 2015, and parallel algorithms will be executed natively in JVMs without extra layers of code. The JVM will recognize ...