Smart city hardware is quietly turning modern cities into giant distributed computers. But what actually sits behind the AI cameras, IoT sensors, 5G networks and intelligent infrastructure?

In this episode of Silicon to Software, Imran Valiani breaks down the six physical hardware layers making smart cities possible—from sensors buried beneath roads to edge AI computers operating inside traffic cabinets.

We go beyond the apps and dashboards to examine the engineering underneath the smart city.

You'll discover:

• How IoT sensors monitor traffic, parking, air quality, water systems and urban infrastructure • Why LoRaWAN and NB-IoT make massive sensor deployments practical • How AI-powered cameras perform inference directly at the edge • Why edge computing matters when milliseconds count • How 5G, RedCap and fiber work togeth ...