• February 10, 2026 -Mouser Electronics, Inc., the industry’s leading New Product Introduction (NPI) distributor with the widest selection of semiconductors and electronic components™, is providing engineers with the latest information in its extensiveedge computing resource center. • Reshaping how digital intelligence interacts with the physical world, edge computing moves computation closer to where data is created and away from cloud-first architectures. • Driven by the need for low latency and reliable operation during connectivity disruptions,processing data locallyrather than in the cloud enables real-time applications directly on the device. • As these systems scale,blockchain technologiesare emerging as a critical trust layer at the edge, providing secure device identities, tamper-evident data logging, decentralized coordination, and authenticated firmware updates. • Edge intelligence also underpinsambient computing, seamlessly blending technology into everyday life. • In real-world applications, edge AI, combined with cellular IoT and machine vision, can deliver timely local interventions, such aspest detectionand crop monitoring in agriculture.

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