Mozilla is partnering with Samsung and announced today that they are planning to develop a new web browser that will cater to Android devices, ARM technology, and mufti-core processors.
The move by the two technology giants will pit their new browser engine, named Servo, against Internet Explorer, Safari, Opera, Chrome, and even Mozilla’s own Firefox.
New “Rust”
Unlike other browsers, which rely heavily or are entirely written in the programming language C++, Samsung and Mozilla 's Servo will be running on a new systems language named “Rust.”
One of Servo’s primary strengths is that it will be designed from the ground up to take advantage of Android devices that run multi-core processors and new next generation mobile advancements.
Brendan Eich, CTO of Mozilla, stated today:
"It is intended to fill many of the same niches that C++ has over the past decades, with efficient high-level, multi-paradigm abstractions, and offers precise control over hardware resources.
"But beyond that, it is *safe by default*, preventing entire classes of memory management errors that lead to crashes and security vulnerabilities. Rust also features lightweight concurrency primitives that make it easy for programmers to leverage the power of the many CPU cores available on current and future computing platforms."
Will Servo be a threat?
With all the browsers currently on the market, it seems almost counterproductive to produce a new one. But Samsung and Mozilla are setting their sights on the Android and ARM processor crowd, and this bit of foresight may propel Servo towards the top of the web browser heap.
Via Mozilla
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