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Chrome 155 Ships Rust-Based JPEG XL Decoder

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Google Chrome announces native support for JPEG XL decoding starting with version 155. To eliminate memory safety risks, the team integrated `jxl-rs`, a pure Rust implementation, replacing traditional C++ decoders while maintaining performance through stable SIMD features. This move aims to enhance web image processing efficiency and security, particularly for high-fidelity photography and progressive loading scenarios.

LATEST/Google Chrome announces native support for JPEG XL decoding starting with version 155. To eliminate memory safety risks, the team integrated `jxl-rs`, a pure Rust implementation, replacing traditional C++ decoders while maintaining performance through stable SIMD features. This move aims to enhance web image processing efficiency and security, particularly for high-fidelity photography and progressive loading scenarios.

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    Chrome 155 Ships Rust-Based JPEG XL Decoder

    Original: Shipping JPEG XL in Chrome

    • Chrome 155 officially supports JPEG XL (.jxl) decoding, offering 30-50% better compression than JPEG with lossless/HDR capabilities.
    • Adopts `jxl-rs`, a pure Rust decoder, to proactively prevent memory safety vulnerabilities like out-of-bounds reads and heap overflows.
    • Leverages stable Rust's `target_feature_11` for SIMD instructions, ensuring fast decoding without relying on unsafe code blocks.