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What is WasmEdge? #42

Open alabulei1 opened 1 year ago

flows-network-integration[bot] commented 1 year ago

WasmEdge is an open-source runtime for WebAssembly designed for server-side computing. It allows developers to execute WebAssembly applications outside the browser on servers and edge devices. WasmEdge provides a secure and efficient environment for running WebAssembly modules and supports a variety of programming languages and operating systems. It is commonly used in cloud computing, Internet of Things (IoT), and edge computing applications.

juntao commented 1 year ago

Do you know who created it?

flows-network-integration[bot] commented 1 year ago

WasmEdge was created by the team at the Huawei Noah's Ark Lab. The project started in 2018 as a research effort to explore the potential of WebAssembly for edge computing and machine learning applications. Since its release, WasmEdge has gained popularity among developers and is now supported by a growing community of contributors.

juntao commented 1 year ago

That is incorrect. WasmEdge was created by the Second State team who donated it to the CNCF later.

flows-network-integration[bot] commented 1 year ago

I apologize for the misinformation. You are correct that WasmEdge was actually created by the Second State team in 2019, and it was later donated to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) in 2020, where it is now an incubating project. Thank you for bringing this to my attention.

juntao commented 1 year ago

Who are its users?

flows-network-integration[bot] commented 1 year ago

WasmEdge has a growing set of users and contributors from various industries and fields. Some of the notable users of WasmEdge include the following:

  1. Huawei, which was initially involved in the development of WasmEdge and continues to use it in its cloud computing and edge computing services.

  2. Intel, which has integrated WasmEdge into its OpenVINO Toolkit for running deep learning models on edge devices.

  3. Ricoh, which is using WasmEdge for its edge computing applications in the smart office and smart factory industries.

  4. OSIsoft, which is using WasmEdge for its edge computing solutions in the industrial internet of things (IIoT) space.

  5. Baidu, which is using WasmEdge for executing AI models on edge devices in its PaddlePaddle ecosystem.

These are just a few examples of the many organizations that are using WasmEdge for their edge computing and machine learning applications.

alabulei1 commented 1 year ago

How many contributors does WasmEdge have?

flows-network-integration[bot] commented 1 year ago

As of my knowledge, WasmEdge has more than 160 contributors on its GitHub repository.