Project description
Developing sustainable edge computing platforms
In a centralised platform, all computing resources and services are provided from a central location or data centre. This offers high scalability, flexibility and availability, and users can access the cloud services and data remotely through the internet. In this context, the EU-funded HICONNECTS project aims to develop cloud and edge computing platforms that are sustainable, energy-efficient, and bring cloud services closer to end users. The project involves the development of high-performance computing, storage infrastructure and network interfaces, as well as real-time analysis of IoT sensors and big data. The main technology underlying the project combines traditional silicon wafers, high-speed electronics, and photonics devices. Overall, it will demonstrate a leap in computing and networking reliability and performance.
Objective
The challenges and major HiCONNECTS objectives are to transform the centralized cloud platform to decentralized platforms which include edge cloud computing in a sustainable, energy-efficient way. This will bring cloud services including Artificial Intelligence (AI) closer to the IOT end-users, which enables them to really use the COT and IOT efficiently.
The technologies underpinning this revolutionary step include the development of high-performance computing, storage infrastructure, network interfaces and connecting media , and the analysis of IOT sensors and big data in real-time. This major step forward will enable, for example, the mobile clients (during the 5G deployment phase and 6G exploration) to move among different places with minimum cost, short response time and with stable connection between cloud nodes and mobile devices.
The main underlying technology to be developed by the HiCONNECTS consortium, comprising large industrial players, universities and RTO’s, and many SMEs, can be summarized under the title: ’heterogenous integration’ (HI) which is needed to meet the computing power, bandwidth, latency and sensing requirements for the next generation cloud and edge computing and applications. The HI revolution brings the electronic components and systems (ECS) into a new domain, which combines traditional silicon wafers integrated circuit (IC), InP based high speed electronics , and Si and InP photonics devices and interconnect.
The HiCONNECTS ambition is to demonstrate, through HI development, a leap in computing and networking reliability and performances across the full vertical and horizontal ECS value chain (i.e. essential capabilities and key applications) in a sustainable way. In addition, HiCONNECTS will focus on the development of next generation design, algorithms, equipment (HW/SW), systems and Systems of Systems (SOS).
Fields of science
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligence
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationstelecommunications networksmobile network5G
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesinternetinternet of things
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdata sciencebig data
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors
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22529 Hamburg
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52134 Herzogenrath
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76705 Rehovot
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93055 Regensburg
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8700 Leoben
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44124 Ferrara
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34885 ISTANBUL
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01067 DRESDEN
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6240 Radfeld
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6921 RW Duiven
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9438311 Jerusalem
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2306990 Migdal Haemek
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67100 Kokkola
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523200 Ramat Gan
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4250405 Netanya
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01324 Dresden
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4782 St Florian Am Inn
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164 40 Kista
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5651 GG Eindhoven
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12489 BERLIN
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34885 Istanbul
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80686 Munchen
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47032 Bertinoro
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83253 Rimsting
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3001 Heverlee
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44263 Dortmund
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3001 Leuven
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81101 Yavne
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20692 Yokneam
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3047 AT Rotterdam
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2595 DA Den Haag
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76100 REHOVOT
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20692 Yokneam
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91193 Gif-Sur-Yvette
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5656AG Eindhoven
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3688849 NESHER
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10129 Torino
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20133 Milano
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2100 COPENHAGEN O
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41400 Kocaeli
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02150 Espoo
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10587 Berlin
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1117 BUDAPEST
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92360 Meudon La Foret
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34730 Istanbul
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01620 Vantaa
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7521 PE Enschede
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20864 Agrate Brianza
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5612 AE Eindhoven
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9270400 Jerusalem
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31676 Labege
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06100 Ankara
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34854 Istanbul
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06530 Ankara
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060042 Bucharest
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95131 Catania
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67400 Illkirch Graffenstaden
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23100 Migdal Haemek
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7522 NM Enschede
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176 71 ATHINA
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115 25 Athina
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80130 Joensuu
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2000 Neuchatel
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9477 Trubbach
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8454 Buchberg
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