Java G1: Java’s Garbage First Garbage Collector Aasim Naseem, October 1, 2009May 5, 2025 A garbage collector works to reclaim areas of memory within an application that will never be accessed again At JavaOne 2009, Sun released Java SE 6 Update 14, which included a version of the much-anticipated Garbage First (G1) garbage collector. G1 is a low-pause, low-latency, sometimes soft real-time, collector that… Continue Reading