Powered by enterprise-grade GPUs and Aethir Edge, this new solution will enable APhone to accommodate more than 800,000 daily active users while significantly reducing operating costs.
Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 9:00 am ET - The world's first decentralized virtual smartphone APhone and the distributed GPU cloud computing network Aethir announced their cooperation to launch a new solution to allow network participants to Share cloud resources and effectively expand daily user capacity by 10 times through existing hardware capabilities.
The new solution will enable APhone to accommodate more than 800,000 daily concurrent users while reducing monthly costs per user to less than $0.60, significantly reducing operational costs while maintaining high service reliability and performance levels.
"This strategic partnership is critical as APhone plans to expand its infrastructure from its current peak of 80,000 concurrent users to a higher level," said founder William Paul Peckham. "To meet this demand, APhone requires a lot of computing power. Leveraging Aethir's distributed GPU infrastructure saves $3.2 million per quarter, allowing ATH to spend $1 million per quarter to purchase computing power directly from Aethir."
To achieve this, Aethir's decentralized cloud infrastructure is the best choice due to its unique ability to handle the real-time computing needs of games, rendering, instance hosting, and AI reference. This is crucial for APhone as it provides users with the ability to seamlessly access a variety of decentralized applications (dApps), including games and AI agents, from their smartphones in the cloud.
At the same time, the economics and scalability of Aethir’s decentralized physical infrastructure (DePIN) will allow APhone to maintain high performance and security while reducing operating costs. While traditional cloud-based phones cost more than $25 per month, APhone leverages Aethir's infrastructure for just $6 per month.
In addition, Aethir Edge, an enterprise-grade edge AI device that integrates the platform’s distributed GPU cloud infrastructure, plays an important role in APhone’s operational framework, greatly improving the efficiency and speed of Web3 applications. By hosting an instance of APhone, Aethir Edge ensures users experience optimal performance and minimal latency, which is critical for resource-intensive dApps and Metaverse experiences to run smoothly.
"By assigning a unique IP address to each cloud-based smartphone, Aethir Edge is extremely beneficial for applications that require unique online identities, such as gaming, IoT, and decentralized financial platforms." Mark Rydon, co-founder and head of strategy at Aethir explained. "At the same time, this feature also enhances security, improves network performance, and ensures reliable data processing and transmission across a variety of use cases."
APhone itself was designed from the ground up to be a gateway to Web3 and provide direct access to select dApps - from DeFi protocols to immersive Metaverse experiences - from cloud devices, regardless of hardware limitations. At the same time, APhone's platform also allows developers to easily build, launch and expand Web3 projects, ensuring that users continue to receive innovative applications.
To date, Aethir Edge has distributed 11,000 physical units offering AI processing, gaming, VR/AR and live streaming GPU services. These devices are in high demand and future versions are available through a waitlist. Device owners can earn rewards through Aethir’s native token, ATH, with 23% of the total supply reserved for Aethir Edge users. This initiative supports decentralized, user-owned edge computing, moving away from centralized data monopolies toward equitable access and governance.
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