TornadoVM 4.0.0-jdk25

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02/04/26

This release for JDK25 support, is synced with 4.0.0-jdk21.

Improvements

• Add Apple Metal backend to run natively on Apple Silicon
• Add SIMD Shuffle/Reduction Support to PTX Backend
• Add support for CUDA Graphs to replay bytecodes to reduce dispatch overhead

How to use TornadoVM SDK

To use the TornadoVM SDK, ensure that the environment variable JAVA_HOME points to a valid JDK 25 installation. After that, select the appropriate sdk distribution for your target architecture and the accelerator backends you intend to use.

Linux Systems

wget https://github.com/beehive-lab/TornadoVM/releases/download/v4.0.0-jdk25/tornadovm-4.0.0-jdk25-opencl-linux-amd64.zip
unzip tornadovm-4.0.0-jdk25-opencl-linux-amd64.zip
export TORNADOVM_HOME="$(pwd)/tornadovm-4.0.0-jdk25-opencl"
export PATH=$TORNADOVM_HOME/bin:$PATH
tornado --devices
tornado --version

macOS Systems

wget https://github.com/beehive-lab/TornadoVM/releases/download/v4.0.0-jdk25/tornadovm-4.0.0-jdk25-opencl-mac-aarch64.zip
unzip tornadovm-4.0.0-jdk25-opencl-mac-aarch64.zip
export TORNADOVM_HOME="$(pwd)/tornadovm-4.0.0-jdk25-opencl"
export PATH=$TORNADOVM_HOME/bin:$PATH
tornado --devices
tornado --version

Windows (10+) Systems

curl -L -o tornadovm-4.0.0-jdk25-opencl-windows-amd64.zip https://github.com/beehive-lab/TornadoVM/releases/download/v4.0.0-jdk25/tornadovm-4.0.0-jdk25-opencl-windows-amd64.zip
tar -xf tornadovm-4.0.0-jdk25-opencl-windows-amd64.zip
set TORNADOVM_HOME=%cd%\tornadovm-4.0.0-jdk25-opencl
set PATH=%TORNADOVM_HOME%\bin;%PATH%
tornado --devices
tornado --version