Google has shipped a new JavaScript compiler for its V8 JavaScript engine in Chrome called Sparkplug that promises a much faster web experience – and it does it by 'cheating', according to the ...

Search giant Google in its new Chrome browser has souped up JavaScript, calling it V8. Although Google Chrome's V8 sports neither fuel injection nor dual-overhead cams, it does have full ...

Google heeft een verbeterde versie van zijn V8 javascript-engine aangekondigd. Volgens de internetgigant zou uit de V8-benchmarks blijken dat de tot Crankshaft gedoopte engine tot 50 procent ...

JavaScript makes the web go around and Google has had to patch multiple zero-day or previously unknown flaws in Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine this year.

V8, the JavaScript engine featured in Google’s Chrome browser, is getting improvements in performance and code optimization courtesy of both the V8 team and the Russia Academy of Sciences. For ...

Most of you use Chrome as a browser, and good news arrives as Google implemented a serious performance enhancement. Starting with revision 91 you'll be able to benefit from an increase of 23 ...

To improve parsing speed, V8 Version 7.2 includes what Google calls the engine’s fastest-ever JavaScript parser, resulting in quicker page loading and more-responsive pages.

Google has launched capture the flag (CTF) competitions focused on Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine and Google Cloud’s kernel-based virtual machine (KVM) ...

One of the most impressive features in Google's open source Chrome web browser is V8, a high-performance JavaScript virtual machine that was developed by a team of specialists in Denmark. Although ...

Support has landed for Windows, macOS, and Linux in V8 v7.2. Google creates branch releases of its V8 JavaScript engine every six weeks to coincide with Google Chrome releases.