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While I am all for the decentralisation trend where it matters, I think you miss some interesting use cases for this, like running compute intensive software on
by dharma1 7y ago
While I am all for the decentralisation trend where it matters, I think you miss some interesting use cases for this, like running compute intensive software on the server instead of on the client. Latency often matters in use cases like this, as evidenced by the recent Stadia threads.
One of the early users they mention is the Finnish VR hardware company Varjo - imagine being able to have a monster GPU on the server doing all the hard work, and having a lightweight non-tethered headset
- karthikvellanki 7y agoFor compute intensive applications, doesn't compute time far exceed the network latency? If compute time is what makes up the bulk of the response time, moving the server to the edge won't really reduce the response time significantly.
- dharma1 7y agoah, I meant compute heavy but realtime CPU/GPU tasks, which you can't run on a mobile client. What mobile devices are capable of is getting pushed further each year, but photorealistic untethered VR for instance you still can't run on a mobile CPU/GPU, and you can't strap a top of a line Nvidia GPU and a large PSU to your head
- daxfohl 7y agoConsider drone autopilot. Probably too heavy to run AI onboard. But latency needs probably single digit ms. So pop in a 5G card and this would solve that problem. (Though what to do when connection blacks out is a completely different problem).