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In traditional approach, the central role of X-Server and the steps required to get contents on to the screen is presented in below diagram.

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Wayland Approach for Rendering

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• Newer WebKit= newer features
• WebKit2 w/ Threaded compositor vs. QT single thread WebKit1 architecture.
• New JavaScript Core optimization feature: “Faster Than Light” JIT
• Compared to QTWebkit, WPE is about 30% smaller —around 22 Megabytes.

WPE Architecture

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WPE and Wayland Clients

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