Improved JavaScript performance, WebAssembly, and Shared Memory in Microsoft Edge
JavaScript performance is an evergreen topic on the With each new release of Microsoft Edge, we look at user feedback… Read more
Posts in Chakra
Notes from the Node.js VM Summit
The Chakra team was delighted to host the third VM Summit recently here at These meetings bring together JavaScript VM… Read more
Node-ChakraCore and VM Neutrality in Node.js
Back when was launched, the device landscape was simpler, and using a single JavaScript VM helped provide the focus to… Read more
A peek into the WebAssembly Browser Preview
Following the introduction of , we have been working with other browser vendors including Mozilla, Google, Apple, along with the… Read more
Introducing EdgeHTML 14 with the Windows 10 Anniversary Update
Earlier this week, the Windows 10 Anniversary Update began rolling out to over 350 million Windows 10 With this release,… Read more
Bringing ChakraCore to Linux and OS X
In January, we open-sourced ChakraCore, the core of the Chakra JavaScript engine that powers Microsoft Edge and Universal Windows We… Read more
JavaScript performance updates in Microsoft Edge and Chakra
Since we first started work on the Chakra JavaScript engine, it has been our mission and priority to make JavaScript… Read more
Previewing ES6 Modules and more from ES2015, ES2016 and beyond
Chakra, the recently open-sourced JavaScript engine that powers Microsoft Edge and Universal Windows applications, has been pushing the leading edge… Read more
Edge Web Summit 2016 is streaming live tomorrow at 8:30 AM PT
Our second annual Microsoft Edge Web Summit begins tomorrow morning in San Francisco, and we couldn't be more excited to… Read more
Previewing WebAssembly experiments in Microsoft Edge
Last June, we announced the start of our journey towards implementing WebAssembly - a new, portable, size and load-time-efficient binary… Read more