Explore the evolving landscape of Java's hardware compatibility in this GeeCON 2023 conference talk by Jarosław Pałka. Delve into the misconceptions surrounding Java and JVM as hardware-unfriendly platforms, and discover the recent advancements aimed at enhancing their performance in hardware-intensive applications. Learn about incubating APIs that are set to revolutionize Java's capabilities in databases, queue brokers, and even game engines. Focus on the foreign functions & memory JEP, gaining insights into working with native memory, downcalling and upcalling C functions from Java with ease. Experience practical demonstrations through examples and micro benchmarks, showcasing the potential of Java in bare metal programming.