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 ...

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 ...

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 ...