SourceFS Virtual Filesystem Cuts Android Build Times from 2+ Hours to 15 Minutes
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Summary
SourceFS is a high-performance virtual filesystem that dramatically accelerates Android development by reducing build times from over 2 hours to just 15 minutes. The technology achieves 9× faster builds, 14× compute cost reduction, and 83× disk usage reduction, addressing the challenges of massive codebases like Android AOSP with 140M+ lines of code and real-world device codebases exceeding 200M lines.
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Today's connected devices are powered by some of the largest codebases ever developed
The latest Linux kernel has 40 Million lines of code while the Android AOSP has 140M+
Real-world device codebases are far larger – add the code for hardware support, custom features, services, additional OSs and a smartphone quickly tops 200M lines of code
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