Technologies Leveraging Edge Computing for Development Impact

Edge computing increases energy efficiency, reduces latency, and provides context awareness for compute-intensive applications far from data centers, increasing the viability of technologies such as autonomous transport and augmented and virtual reality. The emerging technologies curation series aim...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: World Bank Group
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C The World Bank 2021
Series:Sector/Thematic Studies
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Collection: World Bank E-Library Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Edge computing increases energy efficiency, reduces latency, and provides context awareness for compute-intensive applications far from data centers, increasing the viability of technologies such as autonomous transport and augmented and virtual reality. The emerging technologies curation series aims to capture and share Korea's experience and lessons learned in regard to exploration and adoption of emerging technologies like blockchain, artificial intelligence (AI), edge-computing, internet of things (IoT), 5G, et cetera AI edge computing, the second of the series, provides a short description of edge computing and its potential for solving development challenges and key highlights of Korea's experiences. The Korea edge computing note is a collaboration effort of the World Bank (WB) Korea country office, the ITS Technology and Innovation Lab and Unit, the Digital Development (DD) Global Practice, and the Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation (FCI) Global Practice