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 <h2 id="linker">Linker</h2>
 
 <p>
-  TODO
+  This release includes additional improvements to the Go linker,
+  reducing linker resource usage (both time and memory) and improving
+  code robustness/maintainability. These changes form the second half
+  of a two-release project to
+  <a href="https://golang.org/s/better-linker">modernize the Go
+  linker</a>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+  The linker changes in 1.16 extend the 1.15 improvements to all
+  supported architecture/OS combinations (the 1.15 performance improvements
+  were primarily focused on <code>ELF</code>-based OSes and
+  <code>amd64</code> architectures).  For a representative set of
+  large Go programs, linking is 20-35% faster than 1.15 and requires
+  5-15% less memory on average for <code>linux/amd64</code>, with larger
+  improvements for other architectures and OSes.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+  TODO: update with final numbers later in the release.
 </p>
 
 <h2 id="library">Core library</h2>