Performance on Project Wintermutehttps://wintermutecore.com/tags/performance/Recent content in Performance on Project WintermuteHugoen-usTue, 16 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000Linux 7.1 Release: io_uring Performance and Block Layer Refinementhttps://wintermutecore.com/posts/linux-7-1-release-io-uring-performance-mpscq/Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000https://wintermutecore.com/posts/linux-7-1-release-io-uring-performance-mpscq/<p>Linus Torvalds tagged the Linux 7.1 release this week, marking another major milestone for the kernel. While the version bump is significant, the most impactful technical activity centers on a substantial refactor of the <code>io_uring</code> subsystem to utilize lockless queues for task management.</p>OpenJDK Activity: Float16 Vector Support and Garbage Collector Polishinghttps://wintermutecore.com/posts/openjdk-activity-float16-vector-gc-refactoring/Thu, 11 Jun 2026 14:30:00 +0000https://wintermutecore.com/posts/openjdk-activity-float16-vector-gc-refactoring/<p>The OpenJDK project recently landed a massive update to the Vector API that brings hardware accelerated half precision floating point operations to the JVM. This week also saw significant refinements to both Parallel and Shenandoah garbage collectors alongside security improvements in the SSL implementation.</p>