Vendors Aim to Enhance Kubernetes Edge Computing

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Linux distribution publisher SUSE is working closely with its partner ecosystem to better support Kubernetes edge computing. With noncloud networks projected to be processing the lion’s share of global data by 2025, developers have turned to containerization tools such as Kubernetes, which is poised to accelerate edge software deployment. Containers for edge development were a focus at the SUSECON Conference, enabling developers to create development environments that enable workloads to be moved from central clouds or data centers to the edge without conversion requirements. Containers are self-contained runtime environments that enable developers to minimize operating system variations that would typically stall performance of code. They include a software dependencies, libraries and binaries, as well as configuration files which govern...

Resource Constraints Undercut the ROI of IoT at the Edge

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While IoT devices show major ROI operating at the far reaches of the network, there are still major power and compute resource constraints that hinder adoption. IoT at the edge has gained momentum and is creating various benefits for autonomous driving, predictive monitoring and video streaming. IoT devices at the edge benefit from small form factors but also pose challenges in terms of compute and power constraints. Enterprises have only begun to understand how to successfully deploy IoT at the edge, as a result. While IoT at the edge of the network continues to make strides, resource constraints pose ample challenges to these devices. Internet of Things (IoT) devices today benefit from lower network latency at the edge and greater data intelligence on device. This can enable a variety of tasks, from autonomous driving to real-time video...

Quantum Ccomputing Hits Growing Pains

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Quantum computing at the edge offers immense compute capabilities for Internet of Things devices, particularly at the edge. But make no mistake: quantum is still in transition. The future of edge computing and the Internet of Things (IoT) may be shaped in part by what happens now at the edge of the atmosphere. In late 2019, an “ultra-precise quantum sensor” was delivered to the International Space Station as part of a core subsystem for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Cold Atom Laboratory (CAL). In January 2021, Chinese scientists said they had created the “first integrated quantum communication network” that combined optical fibers on the ground with two ground-to-satellite links to achieve quantum key distribution over a total distance of 4,600 kilometers. The quantum sensor used to measure gravity at the space station was the...

Intel Labs Moving Mountains With Neuromorphic Computing And Photonics Technologies

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Director of Intel's Neuromorphic Computing Lab, Rich Uhlig. Screenshot from event keynote. Intel While the industry loves to combine “R&D” and we see this in every tech company’s P&L, research and development are very different. Research is high risk, market making investments and discoveries that are unattached to products. Development is applying that research and other’s IP to create an end product or services. Development is less risky. Very few companies do research, and Intel has had a heritage in research for decades. One of the most exciting aspects of working as a tech analyst is, quite frankly, being one of the first to learn of these new, research-driven, cutting-edge technologies coming down the pipeline in the not-so-distant future—from the expected to the truly mind-boggling. As such, I always look...