Changing the World

Think of how the car you drive has changed over the years. As the decades have gone by, cars have become more and more laden with computers. Similarly, regular billboards and adverts are being increasingly replaced with digital signage. Consider your last trip to Vegas? Remembering what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas, did you notice that the slot machines of old are being replaced by one’s dynamic screens and enhanced game play? Have you ever walked into a restaurant and ordered from a digital menu? These phenomena all have one thing in common: They are all indicative of the increasing popularity of IPC solutions.

In fact, when you ask an average person to think of what the future will be like, most likely the thing they will think about first is not Industrial PCs, but AI. AI does have the potential to revolutionize tech, but the discussions around AI right now are less about what it can do and more about what it can potentially do in the future. It is speculative talk that offers our imaginations the chance to fill in the blanks on AIs capability. Comparatively, the world of IPC is all about the pure technical abilities of a product. It is largely not understood by those who are not involved in the market. However, just as AI has the potential to be everywhere in the world, Industrial PCs already are.

The Data & Trends

Market data shows significant growth across various verticals which represent exceptional opportunities for companies that specialize in these segments. For instance, the data on robotics show record numbers in sales and a massive 200% uptake in funding. But robotics isn’t the only area in which industrial pcs are growing in popularity. In agriculture, smart solutions and automatic technology enabled by IPC solutions are high demand markets growing by 13% to 20% depending on the segment. Digital signage, an industry already considered to be a massive market at over $50 billion annually, is also expected to grow consistently in the next few years. (4)

Extreme Versatility

Due to the versatility of Industrial PC products, entrepreneurs and resellers are using them to provide businesses small to large with the solutions they need. Grocery stores and restaurants with self-service options are becoming more and more common, as are smart devices such as autonomous vehicles and advanced medical technology. Agriculturalists are using IPC solutions to reduce required manual labor, to plant and grow their crops more effectively. Manufacturers are using IPC solutions for automation and quality control. Digital signage is absolutely exploding in popularity. All of these industries will see dramatic changes in the near future, all powered by the industrial motherboards and rugged systems of IPC.

Moreover, the potential improvements to infrastructure offered by smart cities encourage designers to empower all parts of an urban environment. From the street lights to security systems. These are all trends that show the demand for IPC technology such as self-service kiosks, digital signage, and smart devices will continue to rise. But there are even more potential applications for industrial technology. In the medical world, many great inventions are being developed that will make strides in the health world, such as exoskeletons that assist people in walking, or incredibly precise machines for surgery.

Solutions of the future

IPCs offer an incredibly versatile array of potential uses. From building advanced surgery machines or sophisticated MRI analysis from AI edge computing, to empowering manufacturers and agriculturalists to automate their processes with advanced analytics offered in real time. And many entrepreneurs are using this technology to create entirely new devices that are bringing the future to us. The truth is that as we as a society progress and evolve, so too does technology. IPCs are at the heart of that evolution. Industrial PC isn’t just a massive market, it is enabling us to change the world and bring things once confined to science fiction into reality.

ASI, Your IPC Partner

As a technology distributor, ASI is partnered with leading industrial manufacturers including ASUS, AverMedia, Gigabyte, ASRock, MSI, Intel, Micron and others which gives us the advantage to provide you with the full stack of system components needed to ensure you have the access as well as the support to deploy your solution.

Longevity: At ASI, longevity is not exclusively about product life cycle but is also relevant to the history we share with our manufacturer partners which span several decades of collaboration building channels, developing lines of business for new technologies, and delivering the highest levels of customer support.

Bridge: ASI is the Bridge between your company and our manufacturers to ensure the successful deployment of your specific industrial project.  As a multi-layered distributor, ASI is your Bridge to essential system components that include industrial class motherboards, barebone systems, CPUs, GPUs, memory, SSD, and more.

Experienced: With over 35 years of tech industry experience specializing in supporting customers that design and integrate custom solutions for vertical markets, ASI fosters a dedicated customer centric team who possess vast technical knowledge and experience managing inventory, technology transition, forecasting, custom configuration, spec design and more.