The introduction of Java* SE Development Kit (JDK) 8 in March 2014 is regarded as the most significant set of changes to the Java platform since the initial Java 1.0 release in 1995. Through co-engineering and joint innovation by Oracle and Intel, JDK 8 is highly tuned for performance on Intel® Xeon® processors.
With the release of the Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 v3 product family, dramatically accelerates Java workloads while also delivering energy-efficiency improvements.