<p>By Adrian Bridgwater, October 02, 2012 Project Sumatra for heterogeneous computing underway, Java SE 8 also on track</p><p>Oracle's Hasan Rizvi used his appearance at the JavaOne 2012 keynote address to detail plans for the future of the Java platform. As executive vice president for Oracle Fusion Middleware and Java, Rizvi was joined on stage by AMD's Phil Rogers to discuss Project Sumatra, which was recently approved in the OpenJDK Community.</p><p>NOTE: Project Sumatra will explore how Java can be extended to support heterogeneous computing models for improved performance and power consumption. The primary goal of the project is to enable Java applications to take advantage of graphics processing units (GPUs) and accelerated processing units (APUs) whether they are discrete devices or integrated with a CPU.</p><p>Oracle confirmed that plans for Java SE 8 are moving forward and the firm announced a revised roadmap for the release, with availability expected in late 2013.</p><p><a href="http://www.drdobbs.com/jvm/oracle-outlines-java-2012-strategy/240008348">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.h-online.com/news/item/JavaOne-2012-Oracle-outlines-its-Java-plans-1722268.html">JavaOne 2012: Oracle outlines its Java plans</a> (The H)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dYwE_evOTroYB7MStKGZlVptVssBM&ned=us">24 additional articles.</a></p>