The server-specific Blackwell superchip gets a place inside a regular desktop PC case, offering leading AI performance of up to 20 PFLOPS.
ASUS Quietly Launches the ExpertCenter Pro ET900N E3 Desktop, Delivering The Power of GB300 Superchip With 784 GB Coherent Memory
With the introduction of NVIDIA's leading superchip in the Blackwell family, various hardware manufacturers have shown their interest in deploying it in their custom AI machines. The GB300 Blackwell superchip not only allows enterprises to scale their servers with the incredibly powerful combo of Grace CPU and B300 GPU, but it also allows manufacturers to design custom PCs that can be used similar to a regular desktop.
If you don't know what a powerful supercomputer looks like with the GB300 superchip, then ASUS has one for you. The company silently introduced its newest supercomputer, called ExpertCenter Pro E900N E3, which looks like a regular desktop inside a mid-tower but is actually one of the fastest desktops ever made. Packed with the GB300 platform, the computer brings extremely fast compute performance, specialized for AI tasks like Large Language Models, Deep Learning Training, Scientific Computing, etc.
The supercomputer brings a 784 GB Coherent memory, which comes as a result of 496 GB LPDDR5X memory chips that surround the Grace CPU and 288 GB HBM3E memory for the Blackwell GPU. The system delivers up to 20 PFLOPS of AI performance, brings the ConnectX-8 SuperNIC for 800 GB/s networking bandwidth, and uses the NVIDIA DGX OS system.
The computer also allows decent upgradeability since the motherboard has three PCIe x16 slots, which can be used for adding more GPUs and for storage, it brings three M.2 slots for fast NVMe SSDs. Compared to the regular mainstream motherboards, this one is a lot different and has triple 16-pin power connectors onboard, which can deliver up to 1800W of power. Remember that this computer brings just a single GB300 superchip, which already has immense potential, but NVIDIA also offers the GB300 NVL72 rack, which exponentially increases the performance through deploying 72 Blackwell Ultra GPUs and 36 NVIDIA Grace CPUs.
With such an incredible configuration, the total Coherent memory comes close to 40 TB, and the FP4 compute performance reaches up to 1.4 Exaflops. Nonetheless, those are specialized for servers, but businesses that want powerful computing on their desks, the ExpertCenter Pro ET900N G3 is plenty for intensive tasks. ASUS hasn't revealed its official price tag, but such systems cost thousands of dollars easily.
News Source: Tomshardware
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