Asus Unveils Ascent GX10 Desktop Mini-Supercomputer

Asus has announced the Ascent GX10 mini-supercomputer, its own take on Nvidia Project Digits, or as it’s now called, the Nvidia DGX Spark. The compact machine, based on the Nvidia GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip, offers up to 1,000 TOPS of performance in AI workloads.

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Like the reference DGX Spark, the Asus Ascent GX10 is a mini PC that fits comfortably on a desk — all you need to do is connect a monitor, keyboard, and mouse to it to get started. The manufacturer’s press release does not provide a full list of technical specifications — the company limited itself to the main ones. The Nvidia GB10 platform is equipped with an Nvidia Grace central processor and Blackwell graphics. The central processor is based on the Arm architecture — it includes ten Cortex-X925 and ten Cortex-A725 cores; the graphics are connected to it via a high-speed NVLink-C2C connection. The Asus Ascent GX10 offers a performance of 1 Pflops or 1000 Tflops (FP4).

The compact computer has 128GB of unified memory, which allows it to run AI models with 200 billion parameters. Memory specifications are not disclosed, but they should match the Project Digits reference, which means LPDDR5x for RAM, support for M.2 NVMe SSDs up to 4TB, and hardware encryption.

The high-speed Nvidia ConnectX network interface allows multiple Asus Ascent GX10s to be linked together to run larger models, such as the Meta✴ Llama 3.1, which has up to 405 billion parameters. Other interfaces are not listed in the press release and are not visible on the official image of the computer; the DGX Spark was listed as having four USB4 Type-C, Wi-Fi, an Ethernet port, and one HDMI 2.1a for connecting a monitor.

The release date and price of the Ascent GX10 are not specified; the DGX Spark will go on sale in May for $3,000 – we can assume that the Asus analogue will appear at the same time and will cost the same.