The trend of Industrial Personal Computers

Speaking of Industrial PC, many of its technical characteristics and features are the same with commercial PC in terms of receiving, storing, and operating the data to perform series of operations, based on the instruction of a program or software; they also share the similarities with hardware components like motherboard, CPU, RAM, expansion slots etc. The significant difference between these two computers is that an industrial PC is a ruggedized system, which is designed to withstand harsh shop floor environments (extreme temperature, dust, moisture, shock & vibrations) while commercial PCs can't fit in.

Industrial PCs are used mainly for data collection and process control under extreme circumstances. It helps build connectivity among data, humans and machines. As the core part of the manufacturing factory’s integrated system, the surging adoption of industrial PC deployment enables companies to decrease TCO (the total cost of ownership) whilst increasing operational efficiency.

Regarding the impact of COVID-19 across the industries, the safety assurance of workforce has been the biggest concern of national governments when reopening the production plants. Companies are under restrictions in operation to comply with the safety measures like maintaining a certain distance and using personal protective equipment, which have also resulted in the capacity limitation. Increasingly companies have purchased smart manufacturing solutions catering for business environmental shifts, on the other hand, despite the ongoing disruption, industrial PCs can be utilized in loT, cloud computing and 4G/5G technology and achieve real-time monitoring for better decision-making. New emerging technology like data analytics and machine vision have already been widely used in the field of gasoline, power, electronics etc. According to Forbes Insights, 93% of survey respondents have classified these technologies as business critical.

With rapid development of industrialization, technology and infrastructure. There is an upward trend for the deployment of industrial PCs in accordance with the rising demand for smart manufacturing solutions. The worldwide demand has fueled the community's concerns over renewable resources, which nourish the electrical industry since the stable electricity power is crucial to achieve the growing renewable resources. This is not the only industry. It is said that the global industrial PC market is estimated to grow up to 6.1 USD billion during 2021- 2026, at the CAGR of around 6%, and APAC is expected to be the fast-growing region to augment the growth during the forecast period.

Reference:

https://www.automation.com/en-us/products/product05/commercial-pcs-vs-industrial-pcs-1

https://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/industrial-pc-market-169907425.html

https://www.imarcgroup.com/industrial-pc-market