Infrastructure
Edge AI
Infrastructure· Intermediate
Definition
AI inference performed locally on devices (phones, IoT sensors, cameras, embedded systems) rather than in the cloud. Enables real-time AI in latency-sensitive, bandwidth-constrained, or privacy-sensitive contexts where cloud round-trips are impractical.
Enterprise Context
Critical for manufacturing (on-device quality inspection), healthcare (bedside AI), retail (in-store computer vision), and any application requiring AI without cloud connectivity.
Tags
#inference#IoT#latency
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