Incremental Computation (RW Specific Capability)

Incremental Computation is the core processing model used by RisingWave, particularly for materialized views. Instead of recomputing results from scratch when new data arrives, RisingWave processes only the incoming changes (inserts, updates, deletes) and efficiently updates the existing state and materialized results. This approach drastically reduces computation load and latency compared to batch reprocessing, enabling fresh, low-latency results.