Navigator.hardwareConcurrency

This is a new attribute on the Navigator object. It returns the number of tasks that can be run efficiently in parallel on the current system under ideal circumstances.

Demo

• http://wg.oftn.org/projects/core-estimator/demo/

Documentation

• http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/NavigatorCores

Specification

Editor's draft

Status in Chromium

Blink components: Blink

Enabled by default (launch bug) in:

• Chrome for desktop release 37
• Chrome for Android release 37
• Android WebView release 37
• Opera release 24
• Opera for Android release 24

Consensus & Standardization

• Firefox: Public skepticism
• Edge: No public signals
• Safari: Shipped
• Web Developers: Positive

Owner

• esprehn@chromium.org

Last updated on 2017-06-14