Google on Thursday shared several details on the several optimizations the search giant has made in the Mac version of its Chrome browser. Google says the optimizations have made the browser “faster than ever” on Apple’s Speedometer 2.1 browser benchmark.
The changes improved Chrome’s performance on Apple’s Speedometer 2.1 browser benchmark by 10% over the last three months.
Speed is a critical factor in determining your experience while browsing the Web. The faster the browser, the more enjoyable your browsing experience will be. With the latest release of Chrome, we went deep under the hood of Chrome’s engine to look for every opportunity to increase the speed and efficiency, from improved caching to better memory management.
Google implemented improved HTML parsing for select CSS and JavaScript functions, while adding more efficient pointer compression.
Google also optimized how pointers are compressed and decompressed, avoiding the compression of high-traffic fields. Frequently accessed objects like JavaScript’s “undefined” were moved to the beginning of memory bases, allowing them to be accessed using faster machine code.
Google Chrome for Mac is available to be downloaded from the Google website.
(Via MacRumors)