Cape Update #5: EMDC – Edge Micro Data Center
February 2026, Written by PCB Design Kft. The Edge Micro Data Center (EMDC) is CAPE’s high-density edge computing platform designed to bring data center performance closer to where the data is generated. Instead of sending large volumes of data to centralized clouds, EMDC enables local processing at the edge; reducing latency, bandwidth consumption, and operational […]
HiPEAC 2026
The HiPEAC’26 conference took place in Krakow from January 26th to 28th. At the CAPE booth close to the reception, welcomed many interested people. We presented on our booth: 5 Posters (Overview, eHPS, EMDC, Software Framework and Use Cases) A live hardware demonstrator showing live Kubernetes orchestration on our eHPS – embedded High Performance Server A […]
CAPE Update #4: embedded High Performance Server (eHPS)
Within the CAPE project, two hardware platforms supporting our concept of “Composable Infrastructure for scalable Edge Servers” are developed: The embedded High-Performance Server (eHPS) and the Embedded Micro Data Center (EMDC). Both hardware platforms are based on COM-HPC, an established form factor for embedded modular computing (Figure 1). Overview of CAPE’s modular hardware platform eHPS supporting […]
CAPE Update #3: Software Architecture
CAPE’s Software Architecture: Towards an Automated, Open, and Intelligent Edge-Cloud Continuum Written by: Milad Afzal (HIRO) Overview The Edge-Cloud landscape in Europe is transforming. Applications across energy, mobility, satellite data processing, industry, and critical infrastructure increasingly require low latency, strong privacy and data sovereignty, demanding intelligent decision-making at the edge. CAPE is meeting this shift […]
DSD2025 conference on Digital System Design
We delivered an insightful overview of CAPE today at the DSD/SEAA conference 2025, sparking a lively discussion on the future of edge-cloud computing and next-generation server interconnects. For those who could not attend, you can download the paper and the presentation slides.
CAPE Update #2: Architectural Blueprint
July 2025: The CAPE team finished CAPE’s Architectural Blueprint and submitted it in the first public deliverable. The Architectural Blueprint outlines a cohesive, open-source architecture that enables European innovators to deploy, orchestrate, and manage demanding applications seamlessly, from the cloud to the edge. It couples a modular software stack — centered on workflow-based design, Kubernetes-native […]
CAPE Update #1: CAPE at a Glance
CAPE – Superpowering the edge! Bielefeld, June 2025 The CAPE “European Open Compute Architecture for Powerful Edge” project, funded by the European Commission, is an ambitious initiative to strengthen Europe’s sovereignty over challenging edge computing and AI applications. CAPE aims to harmonize the edge-cloud continuum by defining standards for European data centers. Based on these […]
Paper @ MSR2025
TerraDS: A Dataset for Terraform HCL Programs David Spielmann presented his paper on Infrastructure from Code, one of the key technologies on which CAPE is based on: TerraDS, the first large-scale dataset of Terraform (by HashiCorp) configurations is written in HCL, sourced exclusively from open-source repositories with permissive licenses to support reproducible research and tool […]
HiPEAC 2025
We are excited to announce our first dissemination event HiPEAC conference on “Edge-cloud Cognitive Architectures and Resources Orchestration” Fred Buining (HIRO-MicroDataCenters BV, moderator) presented the European vision on powerful edge-cloud computing and the innovation technology pathway leading to increased autonomy and digital sovereignty. Jens Hagemeyer (Universität Bielefeld University) discussed the benefits of using COM-HPC -based […]