Edge Computing—A Part of IoT

Hidenori Yakushiji, Assistant GM

New Biz Development Grp., FUJISOFT Inc.

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 Agenda
• Role of Edge Computing

• SoC FPGA Solution for Edge Computing

• Edge Computing GW and IoT Solution

• Summary and Next Step

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 Role of Edge Computing Intelligent
Edge Computing Transport
System
Data Volume

Smart City Machine

Augmented control
Reality
M2M
Medical/
Cloud Computing Healthcare

Social Storage Voice/Image

Networking recognition
Service Smart House/
Web Services Building Gaming
Search
E-mail
Real-Time
NTT News Release: http://www.ntt.co.jp/news2014/1401e/140123a.html

Edge Computing Accelerates Response Critical Market

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 Role of Edge Computing: Value
• Upload data downsizing
• Response time
• Absorbing several I/F
• Security and manageability
• Flexibility and upgradability
• Cost

… Technically, no question.
Monetization is the key to balance profits vs. data value
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 Agenda
• Role of Edge Computing

• SoC FPGA Solution for Edge Computing

• Edge Computing GW and IoT Solution

• Summary and Next Step

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 SoC FPGA Solution for Edge Computing
Current Edge Computing Solution Next Edge Computing Solution:
SoC FPGA

Cost

Power

Performance

Optimization using SoC FPGA can offer the best of class cost/
performance on edge computing
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 SoC FPGA Solution for Edge Computing: Case Study

Data Cleansing
Sensing Data Filtering Valuable Data
(5.4TB/Day) Transform (<0.08TB/Day)
:
:

SoC FPGA Offloading 1000 : 15

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 SoC FPGA Solution for Edge Computing: Case Study
Details:
1. Re-sampling for fast Fourier
transform (FFT)
2. Singular data filtering
3. Window function for FFT
4. FFT
• Vibration data: 10K points/sec • Extract specific frequency
: data
• Getting multiple frequency
factors by frequency analysis • Perform data cleansing
• Peaks of specific frequency • Minimize data size
factors

Effective Approach : FFT Processing by FPGA

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 SoC FPGA Solution for Edge Computing:
Advantages of SoC FPGA Edge Computing GW
Edge Computing GW
ASIC/ASSP SoC FPGA CPU Server

Update/Modify X 〇〇 〇 〇
System Cost 〇〇 〇 △ XXX
Initial Cost XXX X 〇 XX
Physical I/F update X 〇 △ △
Standard SW 〇 〇 〇〇〇 〇〇〇
Hardware Processing 〇〇 〇〇 X X
Capacity 〇 〇 〇 〇〇〇〇
〇: Real-time, 〇: GOOD
〇: Real-time, 〇: Standard software,
low cost,
customizable,
changeable specification Initial cost △: FAIR
×: Fixed specification ×: Real-time X : BAD
×: Initial cost

SoC FPGA Edge Computing GW Enables Real-Time, Customizable

Configuration Usage
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 Agenda
• Role of Edge Computing

• SoC FPGA Solution for Edge Computing

• Edge Computing GW and IoT Solution

• Summary and Next Step

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 Edge Computing GW and IoT Solution:
Demo: Target usage model

Worker’s mental and vital healthcare is a critical issue

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 Edge Computing GW and IoT Solution:
Demo platform overview

Public
Cloud
Service
s

Demo: FUJISOFT* Can Offer Total IoT Integration

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 Edge Computing GW and IoT Solution:
Demo: Target Spec. of SoC FPGA Edge Computing GW

Additional Feature
• Robust security
Operating System Platform
• Communication with
• Embedded Linux* low latency
• Other operating system • Rapid data analysis
Edge Side I/F
• Autonomy works at a
• USB 2.0 host
communication break
• RS-232/422/485 SoC FPGA
• CAN Assist Hardware
• DIN/DOUT • GPS
Cloud Side I/F
• Wi-SUN* • UPS
• Gigabit Ethernet
• Bluetooth* LE • Extension slot
• Wi-Fi* (b/g/n)
• EnOcean* • Encryption chip
• WAN (LTE/WCDMA/HSPA)
• ZigBee*

Join in the FUJISOFT* project development and trial!

FUJISOFT offers custom features at minimum initial cost
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 Edge Computing GW and IoT Solution:
Architecture

FPGA
Hardware Offload
(ex. IP-Core, OpenCL*, Original Logic)
SoC FPGA

Device Poster Network

Data
Data
Sensors

Interface Conversion
(Cloud Service

Cloud
Protocol Analysis Connector) Security
/Cleansing (ex.
USB Cloud VPN) MQTT
RS-232C Web HTTP
Storage
Bluetooth* (ex. Embedded SQL)
Server Web Socket
… …
Embedded Linux*

FPGA as the hardware offload engine

FUJISOFT* offers custom features at minimum initial cost
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 SoC FPGA Solution for Edge Computing:
Vision of SoC FPGA: Genetic IoT Solution

• Balanced loading
• Self feedback
• OpenCL*
SUM • Hardware re-
program
• Frequent update
:

A.I :

Self Optimizing
SoC FPGA: Re-configuration Genetic System
optimization through deep learning
Deep Learning
• Accelerate processing through FPGA offload
• Load separation and parallel processing through edge computing GW and Cloud
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 Edge Computing GW and IoT Solution:
FUJISOFT Solution and Plan

Software
Hardware
Design/
Design/ Cloud
Specification System
FPGA/ Services
Definition/ Integration/ Manufacturing
Board/ (SaaS, Public, AI
Planning Evaluation/
Firmware etc.)
Test

Total Support of Edge Computing GW Solution 1H 2017

FUJISOFT*: IoT Integrator from Design to Cloud

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 Agenda
• Role of Edge Computing

• SoC FPGA Solution for Edge Computing

• Edge Computing GW and IoT Solution

• Summary and Next Steps

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 Summary and Next Steps
• Edge Computing accelerates response-critical IoT market
• SoC FPGA Edge Computing GW enables real-time and customizable
configuration usage
• Vision: Genetic IoT solution through Deep Learning and SoC FPGA
• FUJISOFT* is the IoT integrator from design to Cloud

Next Step:
Accelerate SoC FPGA solution in IoT segment with FUJISOFT.
Please contact me (et-solution@fsi.co.jp) .

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 Edge Computing GW Solution 1H 2017

Join us ! FUJISOFT
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