Artificial intelligence is driving us into the era of edge computing — two words you should expect to hear more in the coming months and years.
Tech giants have poured billions of dollars into the cloud and spent years trying to get customers to move data onto remote servers. Now they’re expanding to edge computing, which refers to moving more of the computation closer to the user (the “edge” of the network).
Whether it’s your smartphone, an autonomous car, or a security device in your home, edge computing means more of the heavy lifting happens on or near the device. That change could lead to lower latency, lower energy costs, and improved privacy and security as less sensitive information gets beamed to some far-flung server.
