Extension device for an automation device

A system comprising

• one or more automation devices in an industrial system;
• and
• one or more extension devices, each extension device of the one or more extension devices being operable to enable, accelerate, or enable and accelerate one or more computations, the respective extension device comprising:
• a processor configured to:
• obtain one or more results of the one or more computations, wherein the one or more results indicate one or more states of the industrial system;
• and
• provide the one or more results via a process state model shared with a respective automation device of the one or more automation devices to monitor, control, or monitor and control the industrial system,
• wherein at least one of the one or more automation devices is operative to monitor, control, or monitor and control the industrial system according to at least one of at least one computation performed by the one or more extension devices, and
• wherein the at least one result is provided to the at least one automation device via the process state model.