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July 15, 2018 05:34 am
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/N03zjvRf7CI/chrome-is-using-10-13-more-ram-to-fight-spectre
Chrome is Using 10-13% More RAM to Fight Spectre
An anonymous reader quotes PCWorld:The critical Meltdown and Spectre bugs baked deep into modern computer processors will have ramifications on the entire industry for years to come, and Chrome just became collateral damage. Google 67 enabled "Site Isolation" Spectre protection for most users, and the browser now uses 10 to 13 percent more RAM due to how the fix behaves. "Site Isolation does cause Chrome to create more renderer processes, which comes with performance tradeoffs," Googleâ(TM)s Charlie Reis says. "On the plus side, each renderer process is smaller, shorter-lived, and has less contention internally, but there is about a 10-13% total memory overhead in real workloads due to the larger number of processes. Our team continues to work hard to optimize this behavior to keep Chrome both fast and secure." It's a significant performance hit, especially for a browser battling a reputation for being a memory hog, but a worthwhile one nonetheless. Chrome's Spectre-blocking site isolation "is now enabled by default for 99 percent of Chrome users on all platforms."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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