Meta Renewing Investment Into The jemalloc Memory Allocator

Meta Renewing Investment Into The jemalloc Memory Allocator

The jemalloc memory allocator “malloc” implementation has been popular for HPC and server use down to desktop use in apps like Firefox. Jemalloc has proven over the years to be effective on delivering better performance and scalability while enjoying lower memory usage and less fragmentation than alternative malloc implementations. Meta recently announced that they are renewing their investment into jemalloc… https://www.phoronix.com/news/Meta-Renewing-jemalloc