SIEMENS HAS LAUNCHED a line of industrial PCs (IPCs) equipped with Nvidia GPUs designed to accelerate AI (articial intelligence) applications by up to 25 times. The integration of the Nvidia accelerated computing platform allows the IPCs to handle complex AI tasks such as robotics, quality inspection, predictive maintenance and operational optimisation. Siemens says it will help to drive down costs and accelerate time-to-market. “Customers driving their digital transformation need high-performance industrial-grade systems,” says Siemens Factory Automation CEO, Rainer Brehm. “Our new oerings accelerate the next-level AI-based applications. With Industrial Operations X, we’ve made the latest advances in industrial AI widely available to companies of all sizes.” Rev Lebaredian, vice-president of Omniverse and simulation technology at Nvidia, adds that the new IPCs “will enable the world’s manufacturers to reach new heights of digitalisation and deliver incredible eciencies and agility”. Siemens and Nvidia say they are striving to make AI capabilities accessible to automation engineers without requiring extensive coding knowledge. In addition to no-code tools to integrate, manage and execute industrial AI applications, Siemens’ Industrial Operations X portfolio oers several out-of-the-box AI applications. For instance, Simatic Robot Pick AI allows OT users with no AI expertise to create AI-driven piece-picking robot applications for warehouses. And Siemens’Industrial Copilot for Operations, powered by Nvidia’s NIM microservices, allows automation and maintenance engineers to make real-time queries about data to help rapid decisionmaking and reduce machine downtime. The new Siemens IPCs can deploy applications built with Nvidia’s NIM microservices and edge AI frameworks, including Nvidia Isaac ROS, Holoscan, and Metropolis. The compact PCs are designed to withstand harsh industrial conditions. One of the new products is the low-power, fan-less Simatic BX-35A embedded IPC, based on Nvidia’s Jetson Orin NX system-on-module (SoM), for high-performance AI computing. Other Nvidia-powered devices include the Simatic IPC RW-545A high-performance workstation, RS-828A high-performance server for production data centres, and BX-59A highperformance modular box PC. The box PC allows users with no coding expertise to deploy AI models in industrial environments. Combining a new AI Inference Server GPU, accelerated with the Simatic BX59A as an edge device, a 25-fold acceleration in shopoor AI execution has been measured. www.siemens.com/global/en/products/ automation TECHNOLOGY n IPCs with Nvidia GPUs deliver a 25-fold acceleration in AI execution The new Simatic IPC BX-35A box PC contains an Nvidia GPU and can run AI models in industrial environments without needing coding expertise
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