High-performance garbage collection for C++ V8

V8 Release v9.4

V8 release v9.5

V8 release v9.3

V8 release v9.2

Import assertions

V8 Sparkplug – A non-optimizing JavaScript compiler

V8 release v9.1

Private brand checks a.k.a. `#foo in obj`

WebAssembly SIMD will be on by default in Chrome 91

V8 release v9.0

Super fast super property access

Faster JavaScript Calls

V8 release v8.9

An additional non-backtracking RegExp engine

WebAssembly integration with JavaScript BigInt

V8 Release v8.6

Up to 4GB of Memory in WebAssembly

What’s in that .wasm? Introducing: WASM-decompile

Pointer Compression in V8

How V8 measures real-world performance

Fast, parallel applications with WebAssembly SIMD

Understanding the ECMAScript spec, part 1

V8 Release v8.0 with optional chaining, nullish coalescing and 40% less memory use

Top-level "await" enables developers to use the "await" keyword outside of async functions.

In JavaScript, it's faster to parse JSON than to initialize the Object directly

V8 lite (22% memory savings)

The story of a V8 performance cliff in React

Optional chaining is implemented in V8

Weak references and finalizers

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