Using speculation to enhance javascript performance in web applications
(2013) In IEEE Internet Computing 17(2). p.10-19- Abstract
- JavaScript lets developers provide client-side interactivity in Web applications, but because it is sequential, it can't take advantage of multicore processors. Thread-level speculation (TLS) addresses this issue by enabling the speculation of JavaScript function calls and thus exploits the parallel performance potential multicore processors provide. The authors implemented TLS in the Squirrelfish JavaScript engine, which is part of the WebKit browser environment. They evaluate their approach using 15 popular Web applications on an eight-core computer, and show significant speed-ups without any modifications to the JavaScript source code.
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- author
- Martinsen, Jan Kasper ; Grahn, Håkan and Isberg, Anders
- publishing date
- 2013
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- in
- IEEE Internet Computing
- volume
- 17
- issue
- 2
- pages
- 10 - 19
- publisher
- IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
- external identifiers
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- scopus:84875903769
- ISSN
- 1089-7801
- DOI
- 10.1109/MIC.2012.146
- project
- Embedded Applications Software Engineering
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- no
- id
- 0151036e-5592-4cd7-bbb2-5a8cdbee05f2 (old id 4247432)
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