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Reducing Memory Overhead with V8 Pointer Compression
Learn how V8 uses pointer compression to reduce 64-bit pointer overhead from 8 bytes to 4 bytes, the 4GB heap limitation, and how to verify it using native syntax.
javascript-internalsv8-enginememory-managementTasadduq Burneyowner30.3K rep · 27 Jun 2026, 23:53 UTC