Report: Hardware vendors will reap the rewards of AI's move to the edge

Artificial intelligence is poised to take a large step out of the cloud and into edge computing, which will benefit edge AI hardware vendors. The shift from the cloud to edge AI, which includes devices, gateways and on premise services, will be driven by machine learning, or inference, and then by training, according to a report by ABI Research. Edge AI inference will increase from just 6% last year to 43% by 2023, according to ABI. When paired with machine learning and analytics, AI holds promise for Internet of Things applications, virtual reality, autonomous vehicles, and the rollout of 5G services. While there's still a lot of ground to cover before autonomous vehicles and virtual reality reach mass deployments, the report highlighted how AI can push adoption rates forward across various verticals.