What is edge computing? 

Seems like a lot of people are confused between the concept of edge computing and the concept of conventional personal computers. Conventional PCs are something that you can with have a lot of freedom and flexibility. Essentially you can do whatever you want with your PC - re-program it, install software on it, play with it... However an edge computing device is something that is more likely administered by a central service provider (i.e. Amazon Alexa offered by Amazon) that you cannot easily tamper with, but it does have enough processing power to do many things locally rather than always having to talk to the Cloud. A prime example is a self-driving car. A self-driving Tesla is an epitome an "edge computer" which drives your car without having talking to the Cloud - and quite conceivably so. Moreover, a Tesla self-driving car receives upgrades from Tesla every once in a while - a sign of being administered by Tesla. Last but not least, you can't re-program a Tesla to let it ignore pedestrians in front of itself otherwise it'd become a really cheap assassin... Hope it helps.

You are the only channel that i know off that tells the description in a vary clear and understandable manner. Thanks

Very engaging presentation, thank you Rob!

Always a pleasure to learn from Rob High.

hi Rob, thanks for the nice video！ a question：could you like kindly explain what is the different between ‘edge computing’ and ‘distributed computing’？ I am really confuse about these two conceptions KR

Very nice video on wdge computing that gives an crystal clear explanation on the topic without making us confuse between concepts like embedded devices and etc.Thanks for the video to both IBM and Rob High.

Fantastic explanation, great video. I'd love to see more of these. I'd love some clarification on 2 points though: 1- The 'Network Edge' seems to be quite different conceptually from Edge Devices and Servers. I wonder if this is just a nomenclature thing 2- What kinds of workloads are we thinking of when we refer to Edge Servers or the Network Edge?

great video: few questions: Is edge computing simply passing the data processing/computing loads to edge devices/edge servers? Does this mean that Sensitive data won't be transferred to the data centers at all? If it will still be transferred, then how does that fix the vulnerability issue. Thanks so much!

excellent video thanks! keep posting videos like this one

Very well explained. Thank you.

Nicely done. Would love to see you do another as a follow up including IBM + IBM Ecosystem and a client environment do it.

Wow thanks I understood all of it!

Very good video, thanks!

Go Edge! Thx for video.

Really like these education series from IBM, thanks!

thank you! The info is nicely explained that you don't have to be an expert to understand.

4DS ReRam might help when it comes to the huge amount of memory out there on the edge?

loved this. subscribed!

Excellent overview of Edge Computing!

Like how you guys are able to mirror write so smoothly.

Excellent ,thanks very much.

Great quality explanation.

I understood it and I’m a beginner in a lot of this stuff!

Please I have a question, I'm having issue on what area to settle into, I have a background on python and the supervised learning in Machine learning but to apply my skills in the automotive industry, can u advise me, on how to tailor my part?

Very good video. Thanks for creating it.

Great video thank you

this video, and this channel in general, would be better if they included more specific use cases

Very nice video. It perfectly aligns with what I was thinking in terms of Architecture and Applications. Due to the limited range of the 5G (while research is going on), the applications will be internal network using 5G technology. Eventually, with a higher range 5G (like a 4G LTE), of course, it opens up doors for all interesting use cases. Perhaps at that time, it will be called 6G.

Very Informative Video

Sounds like "Edge Computing" is just normal computing. Our premature adoption of cloud technology has left us in a situation where we realize what we needed all along is what we had before investing into the cloud. Ironic really.

Hello sir I am bit confused . Where does the edge computing perform i.e in edge device itself or in edge server. If it performs the computing in edge servers then in the case of autonomous vehicles we cant expect continuous network connection because of its mobility. So in this case if the network connection is lost then how can the edge server communicate with that autonomous vehicle.

Hey Awesome Explanation. I'm thinking of using Edge for my use case. @ibm Can we talk about this ?

How to work on edge cloud computing simulator?

Okay I just have to say unless some video-magic is occurring, his backwards-writing skills are impeccable

Which software was used to create this video?

Is there a need for edge computing when quantum computing comes out.

Is edge computing a kind of atavism: the previous local computer's ability is very weak, so the computing tasks are uploaded to the cloud computing, but now we want to reduce the cloud computing and return more computer tasks to the local computers.

what about caching? and security?

What kind of white board are you using?

Hi thanks for the great video !! Please suggest me a problem statement for edge wanna implement in my research . Thanks

There's a project called StrongNode that uses Edge computing. Check their litepaper if you are interested. Really fascinating stuff.

Just commenting so that algo suggests me more of such videos

Did he wrote all those in reverse facing the camera while recording the video the whole time??? And his handwriting is awesome!

I am amazed by how he type those words..

At 4:15 : Those Deep Eyes with White Box Leds...... Ha ha... Amazing video... Now i know

It almost seems like computing has come full circle. From on-premise to cloud to essentially on-premise again, except the computing power is now in devices rather than on server racks. When is this going to end, lol? When we get to full 5G (or better) and much better computing power, will we then decide it's better to (re)locate everything back to a central location?

WOW! Does this sir wrote things inversely?

what is the difference between edge and fog ?

Ok. Thank you very much, but What is actually an Edge Computing?

It could also be Power of IBM Z.

wish the audio was louder hehe

I'm looking to learn edge computing but I don't like programming. Can someone please tell me does edge computing include programming?

Very engaging concept but this sounds to me like the beginning of data decentralization once again and the slow death of huge data centers!

Cool, but after learning what edge computing does, I still don't know what edge computing is.

Nice concepts but the presentation lacks examples.

Too low sound

a car has 50 cpus?

Average car has 50 cpu's, what.

Theta 😌

Am I the only one baffled by his ability of mirror writing?

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than GS

Sounds like a precursor to pied piper's decentralized internet

I felt this video was filled with too much tech jargon making it difficult for a newcomer to understand. It seemed like an explanation for people who already understand what edge computing is.