Oracle JDK for ARM Hard-Float EA Expected By Year End

Oracle announces plans to have early access (EA) builds of JDK for Linux ARM hard float ABI by end of 2012 in a Twitter post.  

Oracle announces EA builds for Linux ARM hard float ABI will be available by the end of the year. #javaonebrasil

— Java (@java) December 4, 2012

This is great news for Java programmers on the Raspberry Pi!  See this earlier post on JVM benchmarks using the current Oracle JDK for soft-float.

I will post updates to the Oracle JVM installation instructions and benchmarks articles when the new JVM for hard-float becomes available.