CAPE Update #10: Mechanics and Cooling
July 2026 by Éva Trungel (CDTV) As computing platforms continue to increase in performance, mechanical design plays a critical role in ensuring structural integrity, serviceability, and effective thermal management. In this project, CAD-Terv developed the mechanical concept of a modular liquid-cooled computing platform, building upon experience gained during the development of a previous prototype. Modular […]
CAPE at RISC-V Summit Europe 2026
Last week, Christian from Bielefeld University attended the RISC-V Summit Europe 2026 in Bologna, Italy. Within the workshop on “Advancing RISC-V Adoption in HPC and Cloud Environments“, organized by CAPE’s sibling EU-project HIGHER Project, Christian gave some insights from CAPE’s work regarding RISC-V architectures. The RISC-V related work in CAPE is based on developing a RISC-V […]
CAPE Update #9: Edge Server Management
written by Julian Gajewski (CHR, christmann informationstechnik + medien GmbH & Co. KG) As a key component of CAPE, the openMPMC (Open Multi Platform Management Controller) serves as a link between CAPE’s hardware platforms or third-party servers and CAPE’s software stack. openMPMC is an open-source, web-based platform for managing multiple heterogeneous compute nodes and hardware […]
CAPE Update #08: Use Case “Satellite Payload Data Processing”
May 2026, written by PCB Design Kft. Modern satellites generate massive data volumes (Earth-observation imagery, radar, telemetry). Traditionally, raw data is sent to centralized cloud data centers for processing – causing delays, high bandwidth costs, and reliance on non-European cloud providers. This use case shows how the EMDC (Edge Micro Data Center) enables high-performance processing […]
CAPE at Computing Frontiers 26
“Did you ever wonder how to setup a Kubernetes cluster spanning Cloud and on-premises Edge servers from scratch?” Martin from Bielefeld University addressed this tedious task within CAPE and presented his work at the “Computing Frontiers 26” conference in Catania, Sicily. Have a look at the paper and presentation slides. The Code is also available […]
CAPE at ECESCON17
The R&D department of IPTO, presented the CAPE project at ECESCON 17. IPTO actively participated in the ECESCON conference, where it presented the European research project CAPE and the latest developments related to the digitalization of energy infrastructures. During the conference, IPTO had the opportunity to engage with young engineers, present its profile and activities, […]
CAPE article in Innovation News Network
Enjoy the news article “Composability for powerful edge computing” about CAPE published by the Innovation News Network (INN) in their issue 25 (digital technology news)
CAPE Update #7: Use Case “Edge AI”
Written by Deepak Molly Mathew (Fraunhofer ITWM) In earlier CAPE updates, we introduced the main elements of CAPE: Edge Micro Data Centers (EMDCs) and embedded High Performance Servers (eHPS) as a new “unit of computing” at the edge, providing a fully composable hardware platform based on COM-HPC modules and PCIe/CXL, and a cloud-agnostic software stack […]
Advancing Europe’s Open Cloud and Edge Computing Architecture through Project Synergies
Three EU-funded projects — HIGHER, CAPE, and CHORYS — are jointly developing an open, European-designed cloud and edge computing architecture to reduce strategic dependencies on non-European geopolitical uncertainty (EU proposal call CL4-2004 -01-21). As demand for advanced computing, connectivity, and data processing grows, Europe’s reliance on external technology providers exposes vulnerabilities across critical infrastructure and […]
CAPE Update #6: Enhancing Power Grid Intelligence
February 2026, written by Iordanis Arnidis (IPTO) As transmission power grids integrate increasing amounts of renewable energy sources – such as large-scale solar parks and wind farms – the operational environment becomes more dynamic and less predictable. For transmission system operators like IPTO, this evolution introduces new challenges that cannot be fully addressed by centrally […]