Minisforum has teased its upcoming Mini Workstation PC, the MS-03, which features Intel's Panther Lake CPUs running at 70W.
Minisforum First Showcase Intel Panther Lake CPU-Powered Workstation Mini PC, The MS-03
Minisforum MS-03 is the successor to the Arrow Lake-Powered MS-02 and Raptor Lake-Powered MS-01, offering workstation and AI capabilities in a workstation Mini PC. The new Mini PC was teased at an Intel event held in Shanghai, China, to celebrate the launch of the Core Ultra Series 3 "Panther Lake" and Xeon 6 CPU family.
The company didn't reveal a whole lot of information, but the PC is powered by the Intel Core Ultra 7 356H CPU with integrated Arc Battlemage graphics, an optional memory and storage support, & TDP support of up to 70W, which is 10W under what Panther Lake CPUs max out at. The Mini chassis itself measures 195.0 x 195.0 x 42.5mm, so it's a very compact workstation Mini PC. We
The Intel Core Ultra 7 356H CPU itself features 16 cores in a 4+8+4 configuration, boosts up to 4.7 GHz, and has 18 MB of cache. The iGPU portion includes 4 Xe3 cores with a boost clock of up to 2.45 GHz, and 40 TOPS of compute. The NPU offers 50 TOPS for a combined 90 TOPS of AI compute on the system. It feels like Minisforum will introduce a higher-end "X" series configuration with the full Arc B390 iGPU at some point after launch.
In addition to the MS-03, Minisforum also showcased its M2 PRO Mini PC, which is powered by the Intel Core Ultra X9 388H CPU and features the full Arc B390 iGPU. The system will come with up to 96 GB of LPDDR5X-9600 memory and dual M.2 SSD slots. The M2 PRO will feature a compact chassis with lots of IO capabilities, and is said to feature full support of local AI agents such as OpenClaw.
Currently, there's no word on pricing, but expect them to match similar Mini PC options with memory and storage configurations matching those of the current market situation.
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