An Investigative Study of WebAssembly Performance in Cloud-to-Edge

Developing an application architecture that can fully
utilize the resources available is essential for developers as cloud-to-edge computing keeps evolving. With its ability to operate on
multiple architectures without interfering with the development
process, WebAssembly has become a highly significant solution.
This makes it easy for programmers to spread applications across
various computer systems. To make the WebAssembly binaries
work, a runtime is required. In this paper, the tests are run using
the existing Wasmtime runtime and the SightGlass benchmark
suite. We compare the cycle counts for the benchmarks’ compilation, instantiation, and execution phases using performance
counters during the evaluation stage. These tests have shown that
WebAssembly is a highly effective tool that can help developers
create applications that are both efficient and effective.
Using WebAssembly, developers can create applications that
can adapt to changing computing environments, making it
possible to take full advantage of cloud-to-edge computing. Our
experimental study investigated the performance of the wasmtime
runtime on X86, ARM, and RISC-V architectures. Through the
evaluation, we gained a valuable analysis of Wasm’s performance
characteristics. By examining architecture-specific outcomes, we
demonstrated its capacity to fulfill the demands of a cross-architecture cloud-to-edge application framework.