What is V8?

V8 is Google’s open source high-performance JavaScript and WebAssembly engine, written in C++. It is used in Google Chrome, the open source browser from Google, and in Node.js, among others. It implements ECMAScript and WebAssembly, and runs on Windows 7 or later, macOS 10.12+, and Linux systems that use x64, IA-32, ARM, or MIPS processors. V8 can run standalone, or can be embedded into any C++ application.

Latest blog posts

1. Faster async functions and promises 12 November 2018 ECMAScript benchmarks presentations
2. V8 release v7.1 31 October 2018 release
3. V8 release v7.0 15 October 2018 release
4. Getting things sorted in V8 28 September 2018 ECMAScript internals
5. Improving DataView performance in V8 18 September 2018 ECMAScript benchmarks
6. Celebrating 10 years of V8 11 September 2018 benchmarks
7. Liftoff: a new baseline compiler for WebAssembly in V8 20 August 2018 WebAssembly internals
8. Embedded builtins 14 August 2018 internals
9. V8 release v6.9 07 August 2018 release
10. V8 release v6.8 21 June 2018 release

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