What impact does 5G have on the development of cloud computing?

What impact does 5G have on the development of cloud computing? Essentially, 5G is about end-to-end communication with base stations, but in fact, the application chain is very long, and 5G is just one of them. With the advent of 5G technology, the mobile bandwidth will change greatly, with high reliability, low delay and large-scale machine connection.

First, high reliability. Ultra-low latency does have a great impact. In a short time, there will be fewer application levels, and the impact of the back end will gradually emerge. If the delay of 5G wireless is reduced, the challenge is to find ways to reduce the later links, which is also a matter of proportion.

Second, edge calculation. The advantage of edge computing lies in the delay. Many processes are end-to-end, without going to the cloud, including security control. Some scenarios where edge computing can be controlled may be safer. There are also some services, because the long links behind are very problematic. If the end-to-end distance is short, the probability of problems is low, which is feasible in the case of broken background. This is an important aspect of edge computing.

In terms of delay, CDN is widely used on the Internet at present, and the importance of CDN under 5G will be greatly enhanced, because everyone pursues the requirement of low delay. When the 5G delay is low and the bandwidth is large, the response to the content is greatly improved, and there are many combinations of CDN.

Third, heterogeneous resources. For the user experience, it is a long period from front-end transmission to back-end equipment transmission. If the transmission time is shorter, customers will naturally ask whether the calculation can be faster. If the calculation is slow and the storage time is short, the user experience is not good.

Now there are heterogeneous computing, such as artificial intelligence-related GPU. Now computing is not only based on GPU, but also on various accelerators. FPGA and AM may have different calculations. This is a general trend. In a unified way, all calculations are X86.

Fourth, storage. From the perspective of low latency, 5G is faster and better. For many storage computing architectures, many systems are in the storage structure, and this trend can also be matched, with higher intensity and faster speed in the storage field. The industry is studying the combination of memory and external memory. Memory out of the chain, also won't lose technology. The whole architecture, Von Neumann's architecture, is being reformed at some points, which makes the traditional performance change, and even adds processors in memory to improve the processing speed and shorten the delay of processing cycle.

Fifth, the overall transformation of the network. In essence, 5G only solves the last mile of the terminal. Of course, you may not even make it to the last mile. The higher the frequency, the closer the distance, which is only the smallest section in the transmission chain. From the perspective of cloud platform construction, we need to consider the whole network planning, not only the last mile, for example, DC network needs lower delay, but also the overall network architecture. On the one hand, it can make full use of the decline of the delay of the 5G terminal to make the delay lower, that is, the end-to-end network delay is reduced, and it cannot rely on the 5G terminal.

Sixth, large-scale connection, including large-scale machine communication, has a great impact on the overall cloud. We know that 5G has a great feature, and the connection speed per square kilometer can exceed 2 million. Traditional communication does not need such a large amount of communication, because there are not so many people, and the development of the Internet is developing in the direction of the Internet of Everything, which requires more objects, instruments and small devices to connect, which will bring great impact to 5G.