Edge computing on the factory floor now starts with a memory conversation
Edge computing has become the default answer to a familiar problem on the factory floor. Rather than sending camera footage and sensor readings to a distant cloud server and waiting for a verdict, a plant puts a small computer next to the machine and gets the answer in milliseconds. The line keeps running when the internet link drops. Bandwidth bills fall.
What has shifted this year is the cost and availability of that small computer, and the reason has nothing to do with manufacturing.
Why a factory computer competes with an AI data centre
Every computer needs memory, the working space where software sits while it runs. The industry calls it DRAM, and the separate chips that hold data when the power is off are NAND flash. An AI model inspecting products on a conveyor needs a lot of DRAM, because the model has to sit there in full to...
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