J2SE^TM 1.4 Performance Guide

Java HotSpot Virtual Machine Performance Documentation
Performance FAQ
Java HotSpot VM Options
Tuning Garbage Collecting
Threading
Big Heaps and Intimate Shared Memory

Java Platform Performance: Strategies and Tactics book, by Wilson and Kesselman.

Articles on the Java Developer Connection^SM web site
Performance Chat: Tuning the Java Runtime for "Big Iron", March 27, 2001
Performance Chat: Java Platform Peformance, August 29, 2000
A Performance Analysis Tool
Design for Performance

JavaOne San Francisco 2002 performance related sessions and BOF's
Monday, March 25
TS-2007 Java^TM Platform Performance
TS-2008 Performance Tuning for 'Big Iron'
BOF-2011 Java^TM Platform Performance
Tuesday, March 26
TS-1625 Monitoring of a Virtual Machine for the Java^TM Platform
TS-2010 High-Performance GUIs with the Java^TM Foundation Classes ('JFC/Swing') API
TS-3477 New I/O APIs for the Java^TM Platform
TS-1816 How NOT To Write A Microbenchmark
BOF-1558 Java^TM 2 Platform Profiling: Future Directions
Wednesday, March 27
BUS-1668 Using Tools for Building High Performance Applications: A Panel Discussion
TS-3199 Building a High-Performance Multiplayer Internet Game--With Java^TM Technology
Thursday, March 28
TS-3167 The Java^TM 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE^TM) 1.4 Release, OpenGL®,
and New I/O: High-Performance 3D Graphics for the Desktop Client
BUS-1669 Using Tools to Monitor Performance at Runtime: A Panel Discussion
TS-1647 Monitoring and Managing the The Java^TM Platform
TS-2338 Optimizing Applications for the Java^TM 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME^TM):
A Developer's Guide
TS-1954 Automatic Memory Management in the Java^TM HotSpot^TMVirtual Machine
BUS-3224 Sun^TM Open Net Environment (Sun ONE) RAS:
Firsthand Experience with Big Iron Deployment
TS-1073 Threads, Concurrency and Synchronization
TS-1355 Optimizing for the Java^TM Servlet API and Java DataBase Connectivity^TM
(JDBC^TM) Technology
TS-3198 Client Compiler for the Java^TM HotSpot^TM Virtual Machine
BOF-1441 Java^TM HotSpot^TM Virtual Machine Q&A
Friday, March 29
TS-2009 Application Server Performance Tuning
TS-1060 Using java.awt.Robot to Test Performance, Capacity, and Reliability
TS-1028 Understanding the Java^TM Technology Logging API
TS-1108 Performance Analysis and Tuning of the Java^TM 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)^TM