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Chakra
Developer(s)Microsoft
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows
TypeJavaScript engine

Chakra is a JavaScript engine developed by Microsoft for their upcoming Internet Explorer 9 (IE). A distinctive feature of the engine is that it compiles JavaScript on a separate CPU core, parallel to the browser.[1] The engine will also be able to access the computer's graphics card processor (GPU), in particular for 3D graphics and video.[2] Microsoft claims that Chakra will help make the browser much faster than its precursor Internet Explorer 8,[3] which has in particular been lagging behind on JavaScript processing speed in comparison to competing browsers. SunSpider tests performed on March 15 2010 have shown the then-available preview version of IE9 (using the then-current version of Chakra) to be quicker than Firefox (with SpiderMonkey), but slower than respectively Safari (with SquirrelFish Extreme), Chrome (with V8), and Opera (with Carakan).[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2361444,00.asp
  2. ^ http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20100316/internet-explorershowcases-039-gpu-powered-039-browsing.htm
  3. ^ http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2010/03/16/html5-hardware-accelerated-first-ie9-platform-preview-available-for-developers.aspx
  4. ^ http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/benchmarks/SunSpider/Default.html



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