Introduction The history of any major technology platform tends to follow a recognizable arc: an early stage defined by broad possibility and rough capability, a middle stage where the real engineering constraints become apparent and solutions begin to specialize, and a later stage where the category matures into purpose-built infrastructure that defines an era. The […]
Introduction The history of enterprise computing has largely been a history of centralization. Processing moved from individual machines to mainframes, from mainframes to distributed servers, from distributed servers to cloud data centers that concentrate compute in a small number of geographically distributed facilities. This centralization delivered enormous benefits: economies of scale, simplified management, elastic capacity,
Introduction Building a hardware product in 2026 is, on the surface, easier than it has ever been. Reference designs are abundant. Contract manufacturers will take your BOM and return finished goods in eight weeks. Software frameworks for embedded AI are open-source and well-documented. A determined team with a clear idea can assemble a functioning prototype
Introduction For decades, the dominant model in computing was simple: collect data at the edges of your operation, send it to the cloud, wait for a response, act on the result. This model worked well enough when the data was sparse, the operations were slow, and the decisions were not time-critical. But the world has