🧠 The Roles of CPU, GPU, and NPU in Smart Surveillance and a Guide to Choosing the Right One

CPU, GPU, and NPU in Smart Surveillance—Each Plays a Role CPU orchestrates workflows and communications, GPU excels at parallel video processing, and NPU runs AI inference at low power. This article compares compute, latency, power, and cost, and offers selection advice for edge cameras, NVRs, and cloud analytics—so you can choose the right hardware architecture.