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The episode discusses the features of JDK 27, the upcoming JEP 401 for Valhalla, and promotes a Java hackathon.

JDK 27 entered Ramp-Down-Phase 1 in early June, so we can go over its features. Valhalla's first JDK Enhancement Proposal (401) will likely be part of JDK 28. Show off your Java ideas in the " Modern Java in the Wild" hackathon. There are two interesting articles for those who want to dive deeper into AOT with agents or into using GPU tensor cores from Java. Links: JDK 27 JEP list: https://openjdk.org/projects/jdk/27/ Valhalla mail: https://mail.openjdk.org/archives/list/jdk-dev@openjdk.org/threadAIA3O3LHFZ6T7TIPH7KZT4WS4B6U72U5/ JEP 401 PR: https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/31120 "Java in the Wild" hackathon: https://www.hackster.io/contests/modern-java-in-the-wild AOT vs agents: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8387190 AOT and JVMTI agents: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8387194 "Exploiting GPU Tensor Cores": https://openjdk.org/projects/babylon/articles/hat-tensors/hat-tensors

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