Note that I’m calling our background “paper” (the thing I ... We’ll use the Math.random() function provided by JavaScript. Math.random() generates a random pseudo-number between 0 ...

which offloads a large part of the optimizing compilation phase to a background thread. Previously, Chrome compiled JavaScript on the main thread, where it could interfere with the performance of ...

The JavaScript code is converted into a faster ... In the latest Beta, the optimising compilation phase will take place in the background thread without pausing execution of the code, unlike ...

A throttling system for JavaScript background code is already included in Chrome since version 57, released in March 2017. Back then, Google decided to limit a background tab's JavaScript "timer ...

According to Google engineers, Chrome 57 will temporarily delay a background tab's JavaScript timers if that tab is using more than 1% of a CPU core. Further, all background timers are suspended ...