Top industrial connectivity and digital-transformation trends: Part 1 of 2

Discrete automation's edge devices include actuators, sensors, and connectivity components such as gateways and motor-mounted controllers. Many of these components feature computational capabilities to minimize data bandwidth and latency issues associated with legacy versions of centralized control. Their installation at the furthest reaches of automated equipment means their processing power is situated to filter and analyze data before it's sent onward to central controls or connected cloud systems. But as our 2023 Trends panelists point out, the usefulness of such components ultimately relies on their interoperability with various machine systems. Together, NVIDIA artificial intelligence (AI) and Siemens industrial-automation tools now enable an industrial metaverse for the generation of digital-twins.