Ignition

V8 features an interpreter called Ignition. Ignition is a fast low-level register-based interpreter written using the backend of TurboFan. The V8 blog post presents a high-level overview of the Ignition interpreter. More details can be found in the following resources:

Talks #

• V8: Hooking up the Ignition to the Turbofan
• Ignition: jump-starting an interpreter for V8
• Ignition: an interpreter for V8 (video)

Articles #

• Understanding V8’s bytecode

Design Docs #

• Ignition design document
• Register equivalence optimization