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CPU Performance API #622

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@jernoble, @marcoscaceres, @jyavenard

Title of the proposal

CPU Performance API

URL to the spec

https://wicg.github.io/cpu-performance/

URL to the spec's repository

https://github.com/WICG/cpu-performance

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TAG Design Review URL

w3ctag/design-reviews#1198

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mozilla/standards-positions#1364

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[Proposal for] a simple web API which exposes some information about how powerful the user device is. It targets web applications that will use this static information to provide an improved user experience.

Presented and discussed at TPAC 2025, Web Performance WG, minutes.

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    concerns: API designThe API for this is error-prone, poorly named, or inconsistent with the platformconcerns: annoyanceThe technology described in this proposal could be used to do things that may annoy the userconcerns: compatibilityThis proposal may create a compatibility risk for existing sitesconcerns: device independenceProposal is hardware- or OS-specific, in a way that may risk the device independence of the Webconcerns: duplicationThis proposal duplicates functionality of an existing web platform featureconcerns: integrationCan't be used w/ other web platform features (or unclear what happens if used together)concerns: performanceThis proposal can't be performantly implemented or hurts perf even when not usedconcerns: portabilityThis proposal may be impossible or difficult to implement on at least one important platformconcerns: powerThis feature may have negative impact on battery lifeconcerns: privacyThis proposal may cause privacy risk if implementedconcerns: use casesThe use case for this proposal are not stated or are unclearfrom: GoogleProposed, edited, or co-edited by Google.position: opposevenue: WICGProposal is incubated in the Web Incubator Community Group

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