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Factory IoT Saves Intel $9 Million
jfruh writes Want a good way to sell someone a new technology? Prove to them that you believe in it enough to use it yourself. Intel has been trying to get customers to buy into the concept of the "Internet of Things," in which tiny distributed networked sensors would improve manufacturing processes. To prove its point, they implemented such a system in one of their Malaysian factories, and claimed $9 million in savings.
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the next giant leap in ubiquitous mass surveillance.
I just can't wait for all the devices that surround me to snitch on me and report all my life habits to their corporate or state masters 24/7...
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As somebody who designs networks of sensors and controls for manufacturing processes, I want to know what the investment was, and what payback period they are using to calculate those savings. Depending on the size of the plant $9 million might not even come close to covering that kind of mass retrofit.
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They learned it from the government, where when they raise taxes by $120 billion instead of the $180 billion they really wanted, call it a tax cut of $60 billion.
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"...CPU tester modules in a semiconductor manufacturing line at the plant were retrofitted with sensors. They then sent data to Mitsubishi Electric C Controller gateway devices powered by Intel Atom chips. After some filtering, the data were then processed using software from Revolution Analytics. Putting the data results into practice resulted in a reduction in component failures, increased equipment uptime and productivity, according to Intel....."
Could someone who actually knows something about what they did write the fucking article please? I have no idea what was improved using this technique by reading these sentences which are the only concrete part of the entire story linked.
This story has pretty much nothing to do with the "Internet of Things" they are trying to sell us.
I seriously doubt that any of the WiFi sensors in Intel's machinery required an account with a third party company which then collected data on how Intel used their machines.
We already have an Internet of Things. It's called, "things".
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I've been through these sales pitches before.
Ok Intel, how much did it COST to install?
Did you factor in that you sent in all of your Intel experts for free? And that you'll charge me $200 per hour just to ask them what kind of outlet to plug this into?
What was the volume of that plant? Is it producing $10million in product? Or $300 million? Scale matters.
$9 million in savings in a large production plants is shit. They have single machines that cost more than that. To take a gamble on a large change like this, the savings need to be insane. Cut my costs in half and it might be worth the risk. Saving $9 million when my costs average $300 million and, yes... that's nice... but its not worth the risk of new tech.
As an IRS agent, that sounds an awful lot like imputed income. Please don't leave the country, we'll be in touch.
isn't that why you deploy IoT?
Was that supervisor one of the people that got laid off?
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>Could someone who actually knows something about what they did write the fucking article please?
Yes. Hence the A.C.
Real time SPC. It's actually pretty cool.
Understand that the Malaysian factories are predominantly test and assembly. The chips are made in the US.
The real differentiation is the installation. Just scatter them around the machines and meshy wireless protocols get the data home. Manually hooking scada crap up to scada networks would be a nightmare and then they'd get hacked like the Iranians.
Making retrofitting easy and secure by default is a worthy and important feature of any new factory automation solution. It's a shame the article didn't comprehend this.
Regardless of this not being a Fab, this is Intel highlighting their technology in a factory similar to that of their target customers.
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It shouldn't be called the Internet of Things; it should be honestly called the Panopticon of Things.
But expecting honesty from the largest tech company is like expecting the DOJ to prosecute bankers.
And yet, armed to the teeth with this wisdom, you went to Ralph's and spent $40.
It little behooves the best of us to comment on the rest of us.
He got promoted to run what was left of the division.
There's no justice in this world.