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A Lightweight Design for Serverless Function as a Service

Ju Long, Hung-Ying Tai, Shen-Ta Hsieh, Michael Juntao Yuan

2020IEEE Software23 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

In this article, we demonstrate that lightweight high-level runtimes, such as WebAssembly, could offer performance and scaling advantages over existing solutions and could enable fine-grained, pay-as-you-use business models.

Topics & Concepts

Computer scienceFunction (biology)Service (business)Software engineeringSoftwareEmbedded systemServerScalingOperating systemSystems engineeringService-oriented architectureDistributed computingBusiness processCloud computingCloud Computing and Resource ManagementSoftware System Performance and ReliabilityDistributed and Parallel Computing Systems