There&#x27;s <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.azulsystems.com&#x2F;products&#x2F;vega&#x2F;processor" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.azulsystems.com&#x2F;products&#x2F;vega&#x2F;processor</a>, which is a CPU with special GC instructions, created by the same company as one of the most sophisticated garbage collectors. Apparently they thought they could speed things up with specialized hardware. Not sure what the performance looks like in practice, but it is interesting that it exists...