Sparkplug — a non-optimizing JavaScript compiler · V8
Show navigation Writing a high-performance JavaScript engine takes more than just having a highly optimising compiler like TurboFan. Particularly for short-lived sessions, like loading websites or command line tools, there’s a lot of work that happens before the optimising compiler even has a chance to start optimising, let alone having time to generate the optimised code. This is the reason why,
Super fast super property access · V8
Show navigation The super keyword can be used for accessing properties and functions on an object’s parent. Previously, accessing a super property (like super.x) was implemented via a runtime call. Starting from V8 v9.0, we reuse the inline cache (IC) system in non-optimized code and generate the proper optimized code for super property access, without having to jump to the runtime. As you can see
V8 release v8.6 · V8
Every six weeks, we create a new branch of V8 as part of our release process. Each version is branched from V8’s Git master immediately before a Chrome Beta milestone. Today we’re pleased to announce our newest branch, V8 version 8.6, which is in beta until its release in coordination with Chrome 86 Stable in several weeks. V8 v8.6 is filled with all sorts of developer-facing goodies. This post pr
Understanding the ECMAScript spec, part 1 · V8
Show navigation All episodes In this article, we take a simple function in the spec and try to understand the notation. Let’s go! Preface #Even if you know JavaScript, reading its language specification, ECMAScript Language specification, or the ECMAScript spec for short, can be pretty daunting. At least that’s how I felt when I started reading it for the first time. Let’s start with a concrete ex
Fast, parallel applications with WebAssembly SIMD · V8
Show navigation SIMD stands for Single Instruction, Multiple Data. SIMD instructions are a special class of instructions that exploit data parallelism in applications by simultaneously performing the same operation on multiple data elements. Compute intensive applications like audio/video codecs, image processors, are all examples of applications that take advantage of SIMD instructions to acceler
V8 release v8.0 · V8
If pointer compression piqued your interest, be on the lookout for a full blog post with more details. Optimizing higher-order builtins #We recently removed a limitation within TurboFan’s optimization pipeline that prevented aggressive optimizations of higher-order builtins. const charCodeAt = Function.prototype.call.bind(String.prototype.charCodeAt); charCodeAt(string, 8);So far, the call to char
A lighter V8 · V8
In late 2018 we started a project called V8 Lite, aimed at dramatically reducing V8’s memory usage. Initially this project was envisioned as a separate Lite mode of V8 specifically aimed at low-memory mobile devices or embedder use-cases that care more about reduced memory usage than throughput execution speed. However, in the process of this work, we realized that many of the memory optimizations
The cost of JavaScript in 2019 · V8
Show navigation Note: If you prefer watching a presentation over reading articles, then enjoy the video below! If not, skip the video and read on. “The cost of JavaScript” as presented by Addy Osmani at #PerfMatters Conference 2019.One large change to the cost of JavaScript over the last few years has been an improvement in how fast browsers can parse and compile script. In 2019, the dominant cost
V8 release v7.2 · V8
Every six weeks, we create a new branch of V8 as part of our release process. Each version is branched from V8’s Git master immediately before a Chrome Beta milestone. Today we’re pleased to announce our newest branch, V8 version 7.2, which is in beta until its release in coordination with Chrome 72 Stable in several weeks. V8 v7.2 is filled with all sorts of developer-facing goodies. This post pr
Public and private class fields | Web | Google Developers
Show navigation Several proposals expand the existing JavaScript class syntax with new functionality. This article explains the new public class fields syntax in V8 v7.2 and Chrome 72, as well as the upcoming private class fields syntax. Here’s a code example that creates an instance of a class named IncreasingCounter: const counter = new IncreasingCounter(); counter.value; // logs 'Getting the cu
Faster async functions and promises · V8
Show navigation Asynchronous processing in JavaScript traditionally had a reputation for not being particularly fast. To make matters worse, debugging live JavaScript applications — in particular Node.js servers — is no easy task, especially when it comes to async programming. Luckily the times, they are a-changin’. This article explores how we optimized async functions and promises in V8 (and to
Getting things sorted in V8 · V8
Show navigation Array.prototype.sort was among the last builtins implemented in self-hosted JavaScript in V8. Porting it offered us the opportunity to experiment with different algorithms and implementation strategies and finally make it stable in V8 v7.0 / Chrome 70. Background #Sorting in JavaScript is hard. This blog post looks at some of the quirks in the interaction between a sorting algorith
V8 JavaScript engine
Show navigationWhat is V8?V8 is Google’s open source high-performance JavaScript and WebAssembly engine, written in C++. It is used in Chrome and in Node.js, among others. It implements ECMAScript and WebAssembly, and runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux systems that use x64, IA-32, or ARM processors. V8 can be embedded into any C++ application. Latest posts and feature explainersWebAssembly JSPI has
Celebrating 10 years of V8 · V8
Show navigation This month marks the 10-year anniversary of shipping not just Google Chrome, but also the V8 project. This post gives an overview of major milestones for the V8 project in the past 10 years as well as the years before, when the project was still secret. A visualization of the V8 code base over time, created using gource.Before V8 shipped: the early years #Google hired Lars Bak in t
Liftoff: a new baseline compiler for WebAssembly in V8
Show navigation V8 v6.9 includes Liftoff, a new baseline compiler for WebAssembly. Liftoff is now enabled by default on desktop systems. This article details the motivation to add another compilation tier and describes the implementation and performance of Liftoff. Logo for Liftoff, V8’s WebAssembly baseline compilerSince WebAssembly launched more than a year ago, adoption on the web has been stea
V8 release v6.9 · V8
Every six weeks, we create a new branch of V8 as part of our release process. Each version is branched from V8’s Git master immediately before a Chrome Beta milestone. Today we’re pleased to announce our newest branch, V8 version 6.9, which is in beta until its release in coordination with Chrome 69 Stable in several weeks. V8 v6.9 is filled with all sorts of developer-facing goodies. This post pr
Using JavaScript modules on the web | Web Fundamentals | Google Developers
JavaScript modules are now supported in all major browsers! Chrome: supported since version 61Firefox: supported since version 60Safari: supported since version 11Node.js: supported since version 13.2.0Babel: supported This article explains how to use JS modules, how to deploy them responsibly, and how the Chrome team is working to make modules even better in the future. What are JS modules? #JS m
V8 release v6.8 · V8
Every six weeks, we create a new branch of V8 as part of our release process. Each version is branched from V8’s Git master immediately before a Chrome Beta milestone. Today we’re pleased to announce our newest branch, V8 version 6.8, which is in beta until its release in coordination with Chrome 68 Stable in several weeks. V8 v6.8 is filled with all sorts of developer-facing goodies. This post pr
BigInt: arbitrary-precision integers in JavaScript · V8
Show navigation BigInts are a new numeric primitive in JavaScript that can represent integers with arbitrary precision. With BigInts, you can safely store and operate on large integers even beyond the safe integer limit for Numbers. This article walks through some use cases and explains the new functionality in Chrome 67 by comparing BigInts to Numbers in JavaScript. Use cases #Arbitrary-precision
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Import assertions · V8