Research of WebAssembly usage for high-performance code development in web applications
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.34185/1562-9945-3-158-2025-19Keywords:
JavaScript, WebAssembly, optimisation, performance, web applications.Abstract
The paper examines the potential of using WebAssembly in web applications to ensure high performance. It is shown that WebAssembly technology allows achieving nearly native speed compared to JavaScript due to bytecode compilation. The performance of WebAssem-bly is analyzed using linear algebra algorithms with PolyBenchC benchmarks. The research results demonstrated that WebAssembly shows advantages in executing computationally in-tensive algorithms with small and medium data sizes. The main factors affecting WebAssem-bly's efficiency when processing large data volumes are identified.
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