Every great innovation starts with a critical architectural question: Where will the intelligence live? When designing for Edge AI, Machine Vision, or AIoT, the platform you choose defines the physical and computational limits of your product. To make the right choice, you must understand the trade-offs between Finished Products (the "Boxes") and Integrated Building Blocks (the "Brains"). The "Finished" Solutions: PC and Industrial PC (IPC) Think of these as "off-the-shelf" p