Open source Java proponents want to modernize the Java memory model, which has not been formally updated in more than nine years, and focus on concurrency. A JEP (JDK Enhancement Proposal), number ...

For a more in-depth (pre-JDK 5) exploration of the Java memory model, see Brian Goetz’s “ Fixing the Java memory model, Part 1 ” (IBM developerWorks, 2004).