'Point-along-path' d3 visualization performance issue

[Sarthak Saxena]

I have gone through the 'point-along-path' d3 visualization through the code: https://bl.ocks.org/mbostock/1705868. I have noticed that while the point is moving along its path it consumes 7 to 11% of CPU Usage.

In current scenario, I have around 100 paths and on each path, I will have to move points(circles) from sources to destinations. So it consumes more than 90% of the CPU memory as more number of points are moving at the same time.

I have tried as:

                    function translateAlong(path) {
                      var l = path.getTotalLength();
                      return function(d, i, a) {
                          return function(t) {
                               var p = path.getPointAtLength(t * l);
                               return "translate(" + p.x + "," + p.y + ")";
                          };
                       };
                    }

                    // On each path(100 paths), we are moving circles from source to destination.
                    var movingCircle = mapNode.append('circle')
                        .attr('r', 2)
                        .attr('fill', 'white')

                    movingCircle.transition()
                        .duration(10000)
                        .ease("linear")
                        .attrTween("transform", translateAlong(path.node()))
                        .each("end", function() {
                            this.remove();
                        });

So what should be the better way to reduce the CPU usage?

[Mike Bostock]

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