Scale Up with Lock Free Algorithms

Roman Elizarov, Manager, JetBrains

Modern back-end systems routinely pack dozens of CPU cores with dozens of gigabytes of memory. The JVM platform provides a unique opportunity to built vertically scalable systems that fully utilize this power by working with large datasets from multiple threads. This session shows how a well-defined Java memory model (JMM), combined with state-of-the-art garbage collection (GC) memory management makes it a prime choice for implementing scalable lock-free data structures and algorithms. You’ll see how you can design and implement your own lock-free algorithms in Java without having to complete a PhD.