Putting AI at the Center of Retail
Retail is undergoing a transformation, with AI driving new ways to engage customers, optimize operations, and unlock strategic insights. From loss prevention and service improvements to predictive supply chains and omnichannel customer engagement, AI enables retailers to improve efficiency, loyalty, and revenue.
Successfully running decentralized AI applications requires purpose-built infrastructure capable of delivering powerful compute to edge environments outside the data center. Supermicro’s high-performance AI infrastructure solutions deliver the scalable, reliable foundation needed to bring these innovations to life, across both front- and back-of-house environments.
Intelligent Stores
Deploying AI in stores enables retailers to improve customer experiences, optimize sales, and support employees. By analyzing data from video streams, sales, and other sources in real-time, stores can rapidly respond to changing situations and reduce shrinkage, avoid stock-outs, and improve staff productivity.
- Loss prevention
- Frictionless shopping
- Store analytics
Intelligent Supply Chain
Powered by AI, today’s supply chains are becoming more agile and precise. Intelligent automation and robotics enable retailers to track, sort, and ship goods with unprecedented accuracy. With real-time insights and simulation capabilities, operations are optimized to match demand and deliver a seamless customer experience.
- Demand forecasting
- Warehouse digital twin
- Delivery optimization
Omnichannel GenAI
Generative AI is reshaping how retailers connect with customers across channels. By integrating AI across in-store, web, and mobile experiences, retailers can strengthen their omnichannel strategies and deliver consistent, personalized interactions that increase loyalty and boost sales.
- Shopping assistants
- Content generation
- Agentic AI for service improvement
Report: AI in Retail
See how retailers are handling the surge in AI adoption in this report summarizing a survey of 150 retail executives across Europe and North America.
Supermicro offers one of the industry’s broadest server infrastructure portfolios, including a wide range of CPU and GPU technologies. Ranging from compact, low-power systems for edge deployments where power and space are at a premium, to high-performance systems featuring Intel Xeon® 6 series or AMD EPYC™ 9005 series processors and NVIDIA GPUs.
| Product(s) |  Fanless Edge AI Platform ARS-E103-JONX |  1U Short-depth Server AS -1115S-FWTRT |  Edge Box Systems SYS-E403-14B-FRN2T |  2U Edge AI Server SYS-212B-FN2T |  3U Enterprise AI Server SYS-322GA-NR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dimensions (mm) H × W × D | 80 × 185 × 140 | 45 × 437 × 429 | 117 × 267 × 406 | 89 × 437 × 450 | 132 × 438 × 800 |
| Use Cases | Computer Vision / Store Analytics | Computer Vision / Loss Prevention | Multi-application GenAI | Multi-application GenAI | High-performance GenAI / Supply Chain / Digital Twin |
| CPU / GPU (CPU) | ARM® Cortex® -A78AE processor | AMD EPYC™ 8004 series processor | Intel® Xeon® 6700/6500 series processor | Intel® Xeon® 6700/6500 series processor | Dual Intel® Xeon® 6900 series processors |
| CPU / GPU (GPU) |  NVIDIA Jetson Orin™ NX module |  2xNVIDIA L4 Tensor Core GPU |  1xNVIDIA L40S 1xNVIDIA RTX PRO™ 6000 Max-Q Workstation Edition3xNVIDIA L4 Tensor Core GPU | 2xNVIDIA L40S2xNVIDIA RTX PRO™ 6000 Max-Q Workstation Edition |  8xNVIDIA H200 NVL PCIe GPU 8xNVIDIA RTX PRO™ 6000 Blackwell Server Edition8xNVIDIA L40S |
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