With a new generation of hard ware, we are seeing plenty of new networking frontiers. This supplement covers three of the most important, from the backplane of your servers, right to the rim of space.

Unmissable articles include:

• The DPU dilemma - there's a major shift happening, and it's coming from the network card
• Data centers with dishes - earthbound infrastructure is merging with space tech, as a whole new cloud business model emerges
• Wiring up the Edge - processing the data where it's created is a good idea. But what are the consequences?