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How Chrome's Multi-Process Architecture Manages Hundreds of Tabs
Chrome uses a multi-process architecture where each tab runs in its own renderer process, isolated from others. This design improves stability and security but increases memory usage. The browser process coordinates tabs, network requests, and GPU tasks.
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While Chrome's architecture is well-known, this deep dive explains the trade-off between memory consumption and responsiveness that users experience daily.
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