This program:

class A {
 public static void main(String argv[]) {
    
    int size = 4000000;
    int x[] = new int[size];
    
    for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
      for (int j = 0; j < size; j += 8192) {
        int y = x[j];
      }
    }
  }
}

Fails as follows:

mate:~> /usr/local/java/jdk1.4.0/solsparc/bin/java A
mate:~> /usr/local/java/jdk1.4.0/solsparc/bin/java -server A
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException
        at A.main(A.java:9)
mate:~> /usr/local/java/jdk1.4.0/solsparc/bin/java -server -Xint A
mate:~> /usr/local/java/jdk1.4.0/solsparc/bin/java -d64 A
mate:~> /usr/local/java/jdk1.4.0/solsparc/bin/java -server -XX:+PrintCompilation A
  1% A::main @ 18
 (47 bytes)
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException
        at A.main(A.java:9)
mate:~> /usr/local/java/jdk1.4.0/solsparc/bin/java -server -version
java version "1.4.0-rc"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.0-rc-b91)
Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 1.4.0-rc-b91, mixed mode)

It does not fail in 1.3.1 or 1.2.1.