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===Quantum===
In October 2016, Mozilla announced [[#Quantum 2|Quantum]], an ongoing project encompassing several [[software development]] efforts to "build the next-generation web engine for [[Firefox]] users". It included numerous improvements to Gecko, taken from the experimental [[Servo (software)|Servo]] project.<ref name="QuantWiki">{{cite web|url=https://wiki.mozilla.org/Quantum|title=Quantum|website=Mozilla Wiki|access-date=2017-04-20}}</ref><ref name="QuantAnnounce">{{Cite news|url=http://news.softpedia.com/news/mozilla-announces-quantum-a-new-browser-engine-for-firefox-509767.shtml|title=Mozilla Announces Quantum, a New Browser Engine for Firefox|last=Cimpanu|first=Catalin|newspaper=softpedia|access-date=2016-11-07}}</ref> Firefox 57, also known as "Firefox Quantum", first shipped in November 2017 and was the initial version with major components from the Quantum/Servo projects enabled. These include increased performance in the [[CSS]] and [[GPU]] rendering components. Additional components will be merged from Servo to Gecko incrementally in future versions.<ref name="QuantWiki" />