Windows 10 SegmentHeap may cut memory usage of Chrome

Posted on Friday, June 19 2020 @ 9:41 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
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ExtremeTech reports Google's web browser may soon consume less RAM thanks to the adoption of SegmentHeap. This is a new memory management feature of Windows 10 that's already added to Microsoft's Edge browser. The software giant claims adoption of SegmentHeap resulted in a 27 percent drop in Edge's memory footprint.
As anyone who’s used Chrome regularly can confirm, Google’s browser has a way of running away with all your RAM once you get past a handful of tabs. However, Google has taken note of the new SegmentHeap functionality in Windows. A new comment in the Chromium open source project suggests the addition of SegmentHeap support on Windows. The comment notes that devices with higher numbers of processor threads will benefit the most, but everyone should get some RAM back. Testing individual machines with modified Chrome executables shows that SegmentHeap could save several hundred megabytes at least.
SegmentHeap support for stable versions of Chrome is still months away.


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Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.



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