Future high-performance virtual machines will improve performance through sophisticated
online feedback-directed optimizations. this paper presents the architecture of the Jalapeño
Adaptive Optimization System, a system to support leading-edge virtual machine technology
and enable ongoing research on online feedback-directed optimizations. We describe the
extensible system architecture, based on a federation of threads with asynchronous
communication. We present an implementation of the general architecture that supports …

Future high-performance virtual machines will improve performance through sophisticated
online feedback-directed optimizations. This paper presents the architecture of the Jalapeno
Adaptive Optimization System, a system to support leading-edge virtual machine technology
and enable ongoing research on online feedback-directed optimizations. We describe the
extensible system architecture, based on a federation of threads with asynchronous
communication. We present an implementation of the general architecture that supports …