Edge Architectural Components

Edge computing architectures, although relatively new, have their origins in IoT architectures. There are a lot more devices in play now, some with compute and storage. These devices are key to edge computing architectures. The different sizes, form factors, the compute, and storage capacity of these edge devices make for many variations in solution architectures.

These solution architectures are unique because there are limitations at each layer, from device to compute to storage. Architects designing them often must think about the limitations, especially when it comes to the far-edge aspect. One must keep in mind the intrinsic benefits of edge computing such as low latency, high performance, less power consumption, high bandwidth, and multiple dispersed locations. Edge computing has given rise to a new paradigm of application architecture specifically designed to run in the distributed edge domain, which we call edge-native applications.

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