They've built a many-core microprocessor and architecture specifically designed to run Java at scale. The article would have been better if they'd mentioned tha

They've built a many-core microprocessor and architecture specifically designed to run Java at scale. The article would have been better if they'd mentioned that or some details on what they did. See here http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=806894 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=806894 for some links to technical details and discussion.