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Announcing Chicory 1.1.0: Faster and More Compliant

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Andrea Peruffo
Andrea Peruffo
Principal Software Engineer @ Red Hat

We’re excited to announce the release of Chicory 1.1.0! This update brings significant performance improvements, enhanced compliance, and greater flexibility—all while maintaining full backward compatibility.

SIMD Support​

After extensive development and testing, Chicory now fully supports SIMD instructions in the interpreter. This implementation leverages the experimental Vector API available in Java 21+, unlocking substantial performance gains for workloads that can take advantage of parallel processing.

Find out how to enable SIMD in your project by visiting the documentation.

Optimized Memory Management​

Memory management is now highly customizable, allowing fine-tuned control based on your application’s needs. Additionally, we’ve a new optimized Memory implementation to deliver the best possible performance, informed by real-world benchmarks and user feedback.

Learn how to configure memory settings in the documentation.

Improved Android Support​

We've enhanced our Android compatibility by introducing automated checks in CI and reducing the minimum supported API level to 28.

Join the Chicory Community​

Chicory continues to evolve, and we encourage you to upgrade to 1.1.0 to take advantage of these improvements. A huge thank you to all our contributors for making this project even better!

With this release, we’re introducing a “Who Uses Chicory?” section in the main README. If you’re using Chicory in your projects, we’d love to hear about it!

Try out Chicory 1.1.0 today, and let us know what you think!