Google Chrome is the browser with which Google has conquered users from all over the world, the browser having hundreds of millions of people who use it both on computers and on mobile phones at the moment. The number of people who use Google Chrome constantly is very high, and this encourages Google to constantly implement new functions for users, and a very important one also has a negative impact on all people.
Google Chrome has implemented in version 67 of the browser a solution for the Specter vulnerability, which affects Intel and AMD processors, and unfortunately it comes with a problem. More precisely, because of this change made by the Google company for Google Chrome, the browser will consume more RAM memory during use, but all to keep us safe on the Internet, the company offering high security, but unfortunately with a price.
Google Chrome: BEWARE of the Function that Affects ALL People
Google Chrome has a function called Site Isolation implemented to protect computers against the Specter vulnerability, it creates multiple processes for websites, so that a vulnerable one can be isolated more easily. Based on this change, Google Chrome's RAM consumption increases by 10% - 13% in normal use, and if you have a computer that only has 4 GB of RAM, you will definitely feel an impact in performance.
"Site Isolation does cause Chrome to create more renderer processes, which comes with performance tradeoffs. There is about a 10-13 percent total memory overhead in real workloads due to the larger number of processes. Our team continues to work hard to optimize this behavior to keep Chrome both fast and secure.”
Google Chrome now has a higher consumption of RAM memory due to the repair of the Specter vulnerability, but the Google company claims that its engineers are trying to reduce the impact on performance in future versions of the browser. The increase in RAM memory consumption for Google Chrome will also generate an increase in battery energy consumption, so the impact will be double, both for the general performance of the computers and for the battery autonomy of the laptops on which the browser is installed for use.
