JavaScript gains support for SIMDUpdate 2017-05-08: a proposal for SIMD.js has been rejected, in favor of providing similar functionality via WebAssembly. Recently, a new JavaScript feature has landed for the next Firefox Nightly: an API for SIMD (Single Instruction, Multiple Data). This blog post explains how the API works and how it fits into the JavaScript landscape. What is SIMD? SIMD is the ability of a CPU to apply an opera
