Part 3 – Edge computing
Edge computing brings nontraditional computing power close to the sources of data. While embedded systems have existed in devices for the last 40 years, edge computing is more than a simple 8-bit microcontroller or analog-to-digital converter circuit used to display temperature. Edge computing attempts to solve critical problems as the number of connected objects and the complexity of use cases grows in the industry. For example, in IoT areas we need the following:
- Accumulate data from several sensors and provide an entry point to the Internet.
- Resolve critical real-time responses for safety-critical situations like remote surgery or automated driving.
- Solutions that can manage an overwhelming amount of processing of unstructured data like video data or even streaming of video to save on costs of transporting the data over wireless carriers and cloud providers.
Edge computing also comes in layers as we will...
