LISTEN
Receive incoming data.
Edge receives data as it enters the ClaraStream data path.
CLARASTREAM EDGE
Accelerate data preparation closer to where data is generated.
ClaraStream Edge is software for accelerated data preparation on programmable infrastructure closer to the data source.
Programmable infrastructure includes DPU, IPU, SmartNIC and related infrastructure-processing platforms. ClaraStream platform support is established individually through porting, validation and testing.
Edge performs the same Listen + Transform role as Core, using a different execution environment.
Data preparation on programmable infrastructure.
COMING SOON
Edge is in active development. The initial ClaraStream Edge implementation is being developed for the Napatech F2070X DPU, using its FPGA and processor resources to accelerate data preparation closer to the source. Evaluation is targeted by the end of 2026.
CLARASTREAM EDGELISTEN · TRANSFORMPROGRAMMABLE INFRASTRUCTURE
DATA PREPARATION ON PROGRAMMABLE INFRASTRUCTURE
Listen + Transform, closer to the source.
Edge performs the Listen + Transform functions within the ClaraStream Data Movement Plane™ architecture. Acceleration is a benefit of the programmable-infrastructure execution environment, not a third architectural stage.
TRANSFORM
Prepare data while it is moving.
Edge transforms incoming data from its source form into structured, preprocessed data for downstream use.
EXECUTION ENVIRONMENT
Accelerate Listen + Transform closer to the source.
Edge uses programmable infrastructure closer to the data source to accelerate the Listen + Transform functions before prepared data moves downstream.
Prepare once. Use many.
THE ARCHITECTURAL OPPORTUNITY
Move preparation closer to the data path.
In conventional server architectures, data may move through the infrastructure before preparation work begins.
Edge extends ClaraStream's preparation architecture to programmable infrastructure closer to the source. Specific platform implementations are ported, validated and supported individually.
The result is the same objective as Core: transform incoming data from its source form into structured, preprocessed data that downstream systems can consume more directly.
The difference is where that work happens.
ENGINEERED FOR ACCELERATION
Software designed for programmable infrastructure.
ClaraStream provides the Edge software.
The underlying platform provides the programmable infrastructure on which Edge runs.
The initial implementation is being developed for the Napatech F2070X DPU, using its FPGA and processor resources to accelerate data preparation closer to the source.
Additional platform implementations would be individually ported, validated and supported.
CLARASTREAM SOFTWARE→PROGRAMMABLE INFRASTRUCTURE→ACCELERATION RESOURCES
ClaraStream software. Programmable-infrastructure execution.
TRANSFORMATION
From source form to prepared data.
Edge transforms incoming data in flight into structured, preprocessed data for downstream use.
Like Core, Edge is usage-agnostic. Its role is to prepare the data, not determine how that data will ultimately be used.
DATA IN SOURCE FORM
CLARASTREAM EDGEListen · Transform
PREPARED DATAStructured · Preprocessed · Ready for downstream use
DEPLOYMENT
Current implementation and platform direction
Edge is in active development for an initial programmable-infrastructure implementation. Additional implementations would require platform-specific porting, validation and support.
INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION
Napatech F2070X DPU
ClaraStream Edge is currently being developed for the Napatech F2070X DPU, using its FPGA and processor resources to accelerate data preparation closer to the source.
PLATFORM DIRECTION
Other programmable infrastructure
Edge is designed around an architecture that can be adapted to additional programmable infrastructure platforms. Each implementation would require platform-specific porting, validation and support.
Platform support is established individually through porting, validation and testing.
TWO APPROACHES TO DATA PREPARATION
The role is the same. The execution environment is different.
Core and Edge perform the same data-preparation role using different execution environments.
CLARASTREAM CORE
Listen + Transform on conventional server infrastructure.
CLARASTREAM EDGE
Listen + Transform on programmable infrastructure closer to the data source.
Both transform incoming data from its source form into structured, preprocessed data for downstream use.
The appropriate approach depends on the infrastructure, workload, performance requirements, and location of the data-preparation function.
FROM PREPARATION TO DISTRIBUTION
Edge prepares the data. Stream keeps it moving.
Edge prepares data on programmable infrastructure closer to the source. Stream provides continuous distribution of that prepared data to downstream subscribers.
EDGE — PREPARATION ON PROGRAMMABLE INFRASTRUCTURE
Edge prepares.
PREPARED DATA
STREAM — CONTINUOUS DISTRIBUTION
Stream distributes.
The downstream subscriber determines how the data is ultimately used.
Explore ClaraStream Stream →DEPLOYED IN YOUR ENVIRONMENT
ClaraStream Edge operates where your data is already moving.
Edge is designed to operate within your environment on programmable infrastructure that has been specifically ported, validated and supported for ClaraStream Edge. The initial implementation is being developed for the Napatech F2070X DPU. Deployment requirements will be documented for the evaluation release.
ClaraStream does not ingest, host, or process Edge data through a ClaraStream SaaS service.
ClaraStream does not take custody of your data.
The software is designed to keep data preparation inside the architecture you control.
Your infrastructure. Your data. ClaraStream software.
COMING SOON
Help shape where ClaraStream Edge goes next.
Edge is in active development, with the initial implementation being developed for the Napatech F2070X DPU and evaluation targeted by the end of 2026.
TESTERS AND EARLY ADOPTERS
Evaluate Edge against real data paths and deployment requirements.
APPLICATION PARTNERS
Explore how prepared ClaraStream data can support downstream applications and services.
HARDWARE PARTNERS
Explore porting and validation opportunities for ClaraStream Edge on your programmable infrastructure platform.
SOLUTION PARTNERS
Integrate Edge into broader infrastructure and customer solutions.
Edge Early Access
For organizations interested in upcoming ClaraStream Edge evaluations.
Partner with ClaraStream
For Application, Hardware, OEM / Technology, Go-to-Market (GTM), and other prospective partners.
USAGE-AGNOSTIC
Accelerate the preparation. Leave the use to the subscriber.
Edge does not determine how prepared data must ultimately be used.
Prepared data can support AI / ML, AI Agents, applications, analytics and operations, storage and data platforms, and other downstream uses.
The downstream system decides what happens next.
Edge remains focused on its role: accelerating data preparation.
CLARASTREAM EDGE
Bring data preparation closer to the source.
Work with ClaraStream to evaluate where Edge can fit within your infrastructure, hardware platform, application, or solution.