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Other than AI, what technology are you excited about? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 5 months ago by MidnightBanjo@lemmy.zip to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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For me it’s quantum computing - especially considering its impact on most current encryption methods

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[–] fubarx@lemmy.ml 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Computing at the edge.

Reduces the need to send everything to the cloud and maintains privacy.

[–] starman@programming.dev 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Isn't edge computing just a distributed cloud? With servers physically closer to end-user?

[–] fubarx@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's a cloud-centric interpretation. Like using CDNs. That'e been around for a while.

What I think will be interesting is intelligent processing and storage on end-node devices, like a home gateway, smart appliances, or wearable devices.

[–] starman@programming.dev 1 points 5 months ago

That would be cool

[–] tatterdemalion@programming.dev 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

How does it maintain privacy?

[–] fubarx@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Instead of sending the data to the cloud for calculation/analytics, it does it right there on the device.

For example, an Alexa or Google Home device sends everything you say after a wake-word back to Amazon or Google. A device with sufficient edge storage and compute would be able to do the same without sending your voice outside your home.

We're not quite there yet, but it's getting closer.

[–] tatterdemalion@programming.dev 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure that's not what edge computing is. You've just described client-side computing.

The "edge" is similar to a CDN. Usually some kind of application layer code that's running in an ISP data center rather than in a cloud provider's data center.

[–] fubarx@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago

I explained in a different comment... Talking about edge devices not the cloud: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/edge-computing/edge-devices.html