This is not to say that the IE9 JavaScript engine is a slouch. Microsoft is revamping its JavaScript engine for the IE 9 release, making a number of changes that should speed performance.

Google's V8 engine for running JavaScript programs in Chrome is getting steadily more complex, a big problem for speeding up code, Google's Lars Bak said at Google I/O. Stephen Shankland/CNET ...

The browser engine, rendering engine, and JavaScript engine are all essentially working together to get raw web code into a viewable and usable form inside your browser.

In 2008, the JavaScript engines started hogging the spotlight in browser advancement circles. In June came Squirrelfish from WebKit, then Squirrelfish Extreme in September.

Opera announced its answer to the JavaScript engine race Monday. The JavaScript engine is in its early stages, but promises to improve JavaScript processing performance in the Opera browser ...

Eligible browser JavaScript engines include JavaScriptCore (Safari), V8 (Chrome, Edge), and Spidermonkey (Firefox), but security researchers can pitch other engines in their submitted proposals.

Carakan (pronounced Tsharakan) is now 2.5 times faster than Futhark, the JavaScript engine in the Opera 10 browser. It could be even faster when ready, the company said.

A browser engine includes the programming interface (API) and the rendering engine, which converts HTML and JavaScript into text and images for the screen and printer.

Microsoft Gaurav Seth, principal program manager lead at Microsoft, announces at the JSConf US Last Call conference on Friday that the Chakra JavaScript engine will be an open source project. In a ...