Diarkis Selected for NEDO Survey on the Effectiveness of Low-Latency Distributed Information Processing Technology for Next-Generation Infrastructure

Diarkis, Inc. (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and CEO: Nobuyori Takahashi; “Diarkis”) is pleased to announce that a proposal for the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) survey project, “Survey on Verifying the Effectiveness of Low-Latency Distributed Information Processing Technology for Next-Generation Infrastructure”—with Deloitte Tohmatsu Venture Support Co., Ltd. (DTVS) as the lead proposer—has been selected. Diarkis will participate as a joint implementer and will begin survey work in July 2026.

The survey examines how low-latency distributed processing technology—in which devices (assets) connect directly without relying on a central server—can be effective across dual-use domains such as disaster prevention and security. Specific verification items will be defined progressively, based on a study of domestic and international technology trends and market potential.

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■ Background

The rapid advance of AI and the spread of IoT are driving an explosive increase in data volumes. Conventional cloud-centric computing faces risks related to latency, bandwidth congestion, and single points of failure*1, making it increasingly difficult to serve use cases where even momentary delay or loss of connectivity is unacceptable.

This survey analyzes domestic and international technology trends and market potential toward an AI-pervasive society, and verifies the effectiveness of low-latency distributed processing technology. The potential applications are broad; disaster response, critical infrastructure maintenance, autonomous driving, and remote medicine all require systems that can operate reliably under unstable or contested network conditions. With a focus on dual-use applications in disaster prevention and public safety, Diarkis aims to help lay the foundation for Japan’s next-generation information infrastructure.

Diarkis has refined technologies for real-time synchronization, low-latency message delivery, large-scale concurrent connectivity, and cross-platform support in the online games domain. In this survey, Diarkis will apply these distributed real-time communication technologies to dual-use domains such as disaster prevention and security to verify the effectiveness of low-latency distributed processing from both technical and market perspectives.

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■ Key Areas of the Survey

1. Study of technology trends and market potential (identifying high-impact domains)

By analyzing domestic and international technology trends and market potential, the survey will map the use cases where low-latency distributed processing technology can be most effective and identify priority domains for verification. Specific verification items will be defined as this technical and market study progresses.

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2. Effectiveness verification (feasibility study) — led by Diarkis

For the priority domains identified above, Diarkis will verify the technology’s effectiveness. Diarkis’s middleware forms a fully decentralized mesh network*2 with no master node, enabling state synchronization at latencies significantly lower than conventional cloud routing. Verification focuses on maintaining the required state synchronization through direct device-to-device communication even when communications are cut off or degraded by cyberattack, jamming, or failure (fault tolerance / self-recovery*3), as well as multi-domain connectivity across different assets.

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3. Dissemination and social implementation

Findings are planned to be shared through relevant exhibitions and industry–academia communities. Diarkis will apply the knowledge gained to social implementation across fields where momentary delay can be critical—disaster prevention and security, mobility, and remote medicine.

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■ About Diarkis

Diarkis, Inc. is a team of engineers that solves a range of real-time communication challenges through technology. Under its mission, “We connect the dots of the digital world,” Diarkis develops and provides “Diarkis,” a high-concurrency, low-latency, highly available distributed real-time communication infrastructure. From online games to disaster prevention, manufacturing, and mobility, it promotes the construction of infrastructure that serves as the digital nervous system in a wide variety of industries.

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■ Reference

NEDO official adoption-results page: https://www.nedo.go.jp/koubo/CD3_100433.html

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■ Glossary

*1 Single point of failure (SPOF): A component whose failure halts the entire system.

*2 Mesh network: A network topology in which each node connects directly to other nodes.

*3 Fault tolerance / self-recovery: The ability to keep functioning despite partial failure or interference, and to autonomously re-establish communication after a disruption.