# Why Do We Need Another Kind of Cloud Compute?

DevFeed: [Why Do We Need Another Kind of Cloud Compute?](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/why-do-we-need-another-kind-of-cloud-compute-15428.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.fermyon.com/blog/why-we-need-another-kind-cloud-compute>)

Author: Matt Butcher

Published: 2023-03-28T17:13:47Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Fermyon - Experience the next wave of cloud computing.](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/fermyon-experience-the-next-wave-of-cloud-computing.md>)

Topics: [cloud-computing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud-computing.md>), [Serverless](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/serverless.md>), [WebAssembly](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-assembly.md>)

Tags: [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [cloud-computing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-computing.md>), [functions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/functions.md>), [serverless](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/serverless.md>), [webassembly](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/webassembly.md>)

## AI overview

The article discusses WebAssembly as a new wave of cloud computing and identifies serverless functions as the reason another wave of cloud computing is needed.

## Source excerpt

We talk about WebAssembly as the next wave of cloud computing. But why do we need another wave of cloud computing. The answer is serverless functions.