Microsoft officially retired JScript years ago, along with proper support for the original Internet Explorer browser. However ...

The WebKit team has been busy. Publicly announcing a brand new JavaScript engine release, amusingly named SquirrelFish Extreme (nicknamed SFX), they're already boasting performance gains twice as ...

Sparkplug is the new JavaScript compiler that fills the gap between low latency and high performance. According to the tech giant, this saves 17 years of users' time every day.

The interminable JavaScript engine performance wars are continuing, with Microsoft landing the latest blow. Striking this time was Limin Zhu, program manager for the Chakra JavaScript engine that ...

In the case of Firefox 9, the type inference engine seems to produce up to 30% faster JavaScript execution. It varies from benchmark to benchmark, but the performance improvement is unmistakable.

Not always will performance be dependent on the JavaScript engine,” he said. LePage’s presentation focused on the latest developer edition of Internet Explorer 9 .

Nashorn, the JavaScript engine for Java Virtual Machine, could be deprecated, having been made obsolete by newer technologies. Nashorn debuted in Java Development Kit (JDK) 8 in 2014.

Apple's immensely impressive SquirrelFish Extreme engine currently leads the pack, but Mozilla and Google are also moving forward with new high-performance JavaScript engines.