Asus launches PC with 748 GB RAM and Nvidia GB300 for $99,999

[Redaktion]

With the ExpertCenter Pro ET900N G3, Asus aims to offer a "desktop AI supercomputer." The workstation features an Nvidia processor with 72 ARM cores and an Nvidia Grace Blackwell Ultra GPU with a memory bandwidth of 7.1 TB/s.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Asus-launches-PC-with-748-GB-RAM-and-Nvidia-GB300-for-99-999.1322290.0.html

[razvanrux]

This is the type of devices Jensen Huang is expecting the "one bilion people" to have in their homes.

[captainobvious]

Sounds cool until you realize it requires specialized software. No thanks, I'll stick with AMD/Intel.

[CuriousDragon]

You've to be a retard to buy this one for $100K

[100k,but only 396GB/s RAM]

The processor is paired with 496 GB of LPDDR5X RAM with a bandwidth of 396 GB/s, while the graphics chip can access 252 GB of HBM3e VRAM with an impressive bandwidth of 7.1 TB/s.

A 100k price tag and only 396 GB/s!? Also, only 496 GB RAM?

• A AMD Strix Halo has 256 GB/s (= 256-bit * 8000 MT/s / 1000 / 8).
• An APPLE Mac Studio M3 Ultra has 819.3 GB/s (= 1024-bit * 6400 MT/s / 1000 / 8) (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_M3) (yes: "up to 512 GB until March 4, 2026;[30]
  256 GB until May 5, 2026[31]"
• A 500 bucks AMD Epyc Turin 9015 CPU has 614 GB/s (amd.com/en/products/processors/server/epyc/9005-series/amd-epyc-9015.html)
• A RTX 4090 has 1008 GB/s
• A RTX 5090 has 1.8 TB/s

396 GB/s sound like a 512-bit memory bus width chip (e.g. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_M4, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_M5).

The 7.1 TB/s of the GPU is very fast tho. But how about less very slow RAM and more, actually impressive, much faster VRAM? Ty.

[Adamski]

I think author is looking at this from yesterday's perspective.

Why is everyone obsessed with ports? The long-term trend is clearly toward wireless connectivity, cloud storage, high-speed networking, and fewer physical interfaces. For AI workloads and large datasets, I'd rather have ultra-fast network throughput than a dozen legacy ports.

The future isn't more cables—it's fewer.