According to many reports in the Chrome code, Google is working to support "PartitionAlloc".
The new feature will improve Chrome's performance on Windows 10, the Android, Appliances with Linux and possibly on other platforms.
The PartitionAlloc function in Chrome will allow the program browsing get started faster, load internal pages faster, and offer improved resource management (reduced RAM usage).
Google started working on this feature last year and now it's rolling out to followers on channel Chrome beta for Android and Windows. The company added the PartitionAlloc feature to Linux as well, but it's currently experiencing issues and it's unclear when it will be enabled on the stable channel.
"PartitionAlloc is already a default on Windows and Android and is available in beta on both platforms. However, we may have problems with Linux ", says a Google developer in a post for Chromium bugs.
In addition to Windows 10 and Linux, Google is testing "PartitionAlloc-Everywhere" for Android. According to Google tests, it is a very good proposition for memory, performance and stability, with the exception of the average GPU footprint, which declines slightly.
Like Google, Microsoft is exploring new ideas to reduce Edge's memory usage. For example, Edge was recently updated with support for “sleeping” tabs, which aims to reduce memory usage through inactive tabs without losing data.
