ASUS was one of the first to show off its GB10 Grace Blackwell supercomputer. Its PC has the same 1,000 AI TOPS of computing power and 128 GB of RAM as NVIDIA's DGX Spark, but the developers have made a few design changes.
ASUS was one of the first to show off its GB10 Grace Blackwell supercomputer. Its PC has the same 1,000 AI TOPS of computing power and 128 GB of RAM as NVIDIA's DGX Spark, but the developers have made a few design changes.
The Ascent GX10 is a supercomputer that fits on your desk. Simply connect a keyboard, mouse, and monitor to it and you have a powerful AI computer at your disposal.
The GB10 processor, which powers the Ascent GX10, combines NVIDIA's Grace CPU and Blackwell GPU. However, the GB10 is a scaled-down version of NVIDIA's Grace Blackwell superchip.
The Grace processor is a 20-core Arm design consisting of 10 Cortex-X925 cores and 10 Cortex-A725 cores. It is connected to the latest NVIDIA Blackwell GPU via a high-performance NVLink-C2C interface.
“Artificial intelligence is changing every industry, and the ASUS Ascent GX10 is designed to bring this transformative power into the hands of every developer. By integrating the NVIDIA Grace Blackwell superchip, we are delivering a powerful yet compact tool that allows developers, data analysts, and AI researchers to innovate and push the boundaries of AI right from their desktop,” said KuoWei Chao, CEO of ASUS IoT and NUC Business Group, in a press release.
The Ascent GX10 also has 128GB of unified system memory, allowing the device to run AI models that contain up to 200 billion parameters. While Asus didn't reveal memory specifications, it should use the same LPDDR5x as NVIDIA DGX, and up to 4TB of M.2 NVMe self-encrypting storage, Tom's Hardware notes .
The device features Nvidia's ConnectX network interface, which means that the Ascend GX10 can be connected to systems with larger AI models, such as Llama 3.1, which boasts up to 405 billion parameters.
Asus did not disclose the availability or pricing of the Ascent GX10. The NVIDIA DGX will be available in May starting at $3,000, and the AScent GX10 is likely to be available at a similar price.
In addition to ASUS, HP (ZGX Nano AI Station G1n) and Dell (Pro Max With GB10) have already introduced their versions of the NVIDIA DGX platform.
NVIDIA has previously introduced the world's smallest desktop supercomputers, the Blackwell Ultra platform . They will allow AI developers, academics, data scientists, and students to prototype and configure large models on desktop PCs.
