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How we created edge computing

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Edge computing processes data on infrastructure that is located close to the point of data creation. Mahadev Satyanarayanan recounts how recognition of the potential limitations of centralized, cloud-based processing led to this new approach to computing.

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Satyanarayanan, M. How we created edge computing. Nat Electron 2, 42 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-018-0194-x

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