# Why Eclipse? Eclipse is engineered for applications that demand more than what L1s or conventional rollups can deliver.\ \ L2s today often inherit L1 bottlenecks. Eclipse takes the opposite approach: settle on Ethereum, optimize everything else for performance. Instead of replicating the limitations of Layer 1s, Eclipse builds a modular system designed to make full use of contemporary hardware, from CPUs and GPUs to advanced networking interfaces. With high-performance SVM execution, application-specific scheduling, and independently scalable components, Eclipse offers the flexibility and power developers need to build the next generation of web3 applications, from high-frequency trading and real-time gaming to AI agents and decentralized infrastructure. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.eclipse.xyz/architecture/eclipse-architecture/why-eclipse.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.