Audi is the first car manufacturer in cycle-dependent production to use a centralized server solution that redeploys computing power.
Edge Cloud 4 Production uses local servers that act as data processing center and eliminates the need for expensive, high-maintenance industrial PCs.
Cloud-based factory automation enters series production at Audi plant

The software-controlled, flexible, and scalable server Edge Cloud 4 Production solution will replace the decentralised control system that relies on high-maintenance industrial PCs; EC4P allows Audi to redeploy the computing power the production line requires to local data processing centres.

18 Jul 2023 | 3099 Views | By Autocar Professional Bureau

Audi has been testing the local server solution Edge Cloud 4 Production (EC4P), a new method of IT-based factory automation, at its Böllinger Hofe production facility in Germany since July 2022. Starting in July 2023, this paradigm shift in Audi’s shopfloor IT will be used for the first time in ...

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