News MSI to unveil desktop AI supercomputer at Computex 2025, powered by Nvidia DGX

[Admin]

MSI will unveil a new desktop AI supercomputer at Computext 2025.

MSI to unveil desktop AI supercomputer at Computex 2025, powered by Nvidia DGX : Read more

 

[DS426]

Because it has an nVidia "superchip," that makes this a desktop "supercomputer?" Wow, no wonder nVidia is always winning the mindshare race.

Kind of a slap in the face to true supercomuting IMO. This is an "AI workstation."

 

[bit_user]

By definition, nothing you can fit on a desktop qualifies as a supercomputer. When you quote Nvidia's claims to that effect, you need to put the word in quotes.

The MS-C931 is powered by Nvidia's GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip and is capable of 1,000 AI TOPS FP4 performance.

This is not even as fast as a RTX 5090. So, by that definition, we already have desktop supercomputers!

The only advantage it has is more RAM than any single GPU and higher bandwidth than non-server/workstation CPUs. Still, with only 128 GB and the AI model having to share that with the OS and everything else, you're probably not far off from that amount with a 96 GB card, like the RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell. Sure, there's a bit of a price-disparity, but the dGPU is also faster.

 

[Rob1C]

Should be called a hand-held supercomputer, because it fits in your hand. While at the same time, it shouldn't be called a supercomputer because it fits in your hand; well, at least not for another 50 years or so.

Not much different from the ASUS version shown with a great image of the motherboard.

 

[sseemaku]

So after 'AI PC's we have desktop super computers now! I guess next we will see quantum computer PCs.

 

[kealii123]

isn't 1,000 TOPS at FP4 only about as strong as a 4060ti?

 

[bit_user]

So after 'AI PC's we have desktop super computers now!

Well, it fits into a long pattern of Nvidia trying to play up their embedded SoC's as "supercomputers":

The World’s Smallest AI Supercomputer

NVIDIA Jetson Xavier NX: A System on Module (SoM) with 21 TOPs of accelerated computing.

www.nvidia.com

NVIDIA Unveils Its Most Affordable Generative AI Supercomputer

NVIDIA is taking the wraps off a new compact generative AI supercomputer, offering increased performance at a lower price with a software upgrade. The new NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit, which fits in the palm of a hand, provides everyone from commercial AI developers to hobbyists...

blogs.nvidia.com

Someone in their marketing department must be incredibly lazy or stuck in a time warp, back 2-3 decades, in order to think of these tiny things as supercomputers.

 

[bit_user]

isn't 1,000 TOPS at FP4 only about as strong as a 4060ti?

RTX 4000 didn't do fp4 - that was one of the few new capabilities introduced in the RTX 5000 generation.

The RTX 5070 has a sparse fp4 rate of 998 TOPS. So, that's probably the equivalent of what they're measuring in the GB102 - because Nvidia always headlines the biggest number possible. If you want dense TOPS, the RTX 5080 hits 900 and the RTX 5090 hits 1676.