Generational ZGC is currently not designated for any specific version of standard Java. The current release, JDK 20, arrived a week ago while the next release, JDK 21, is due in September.

JEP 439, Generational ZGC, has been promoted from Targeted to Completed for JDK 21. This JEP proposes to improve application performance by extending the Z Garbage Collector (ZGC) to maintain separate ...

Java 21 is here, and it includes many improvements, such as the preview of virtual threads and the final version of the generational ZGC. Most updates in Java are categorized into different named ...

In Java 8, the default garbage collector for the HotSpot VM for the old generation is called ParallelOld. In Java 11, this default has been changed to the G1 collector instead.

BellSoft, one of the largest external contributors to OpenJDK announced on Tuesday a significant upgrade to its Liberica JDK ...

To address the deficiencies of Java GC, a variety of garbage collection algorithms have been created, all of which behave slightly differently. The more developers and sys admins know about Java GC, ...