Chrome's RAM usage is higher than ever as Google introduces Site Isolation to fight Spectre

  • 12 July 2018
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12th July, 2018 By Mark Wycislik-Wilson
 


 
Google's Chrome browser may be popular, but you'll find a lot of its users complain about high memory usage. With Chrome 67, things just got even worse.
 
If you've noticed that Chrome on the desktop is using more RAM, you're not imagining it. Google has enabled a Site Isolation feature in Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome OS to help mitigate against the Spectre vulnerability -- and it's a bit memory-hungry.
 
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Good thing I have 32GB's of RAM. 😃
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I only have 8 GB in my Surface Book . ...and, I don't use Chrome. 🙂

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