MS-C931: This mini PC with 128GB RAM is a decade ahead of Intel and AMD NPUs, thanks to Nvidia

[Redaktion]

MSI has introduced a new and very powerful mini PC. The EdgeXpert MS-C931 supports Nvidia NVLink and might be an alternative to expensive cloud-based AI solutions with questionable privacy. Besides an Nvidia GPU, this system also features an ARM SoC.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/MS-C931-This-mini-PC-with-128GB-RAM-is-a-decade-ahead-of-Intel-and-AMD-NPUs-thanks-to-Nvidia.1019852.0.html

[Dr Edward Scott]

Glad to see a review that provides the purchase price along with the tech specs.

[Mr Bill]

Is it a PC?  What OS's run on it?

[Gauthier]

It should run Nvidia DGX OS (a linux variant).

[A]

Glad to see a review that provides the purchase price along with the tech specs.

This seems to be a generic platform that nvidia is selling to oems. Kind of like strix halo where everything is soldered and you got no choices but to put a case on a pre-existing product.

According to PNY tech demo the cost should be around 3k. But it sounds like Nvidia is paywalling some "software features". No detail what that means.

[Garry Perkins]

I would love if this had a ConnectX port as well. I suspect there will be many devices like this, and that they will sell well. I wish Google took their Coral products more seriously. They could provide some competition. Years ago a little b-link with a coral could run pretty beefy Tensorflow work. The world would be a better place if there were a new coral product, ideally with a manufacturing partner like MSI who would sell both PCIe cards and motherboards with build-in TPU's, as well as the USB sticks.