ASUS has made waves by fitting NVIDIA’s most powerful GB300 Blackwell superchip inside a standard desktop chassis, delivering up to 20 PFLOPS of AI performance right at your desk.
This isn’t your typical desktop PC; the system packs extreme computing power designed for artificial intelligence tasks like deep learning, scientific computing, and training large language models.
The GB300 Blackwell superchip, part of NVIDIA’s high-performance lineup, combines the Grace CPU with the B300 GPU, creating an AI powerhouse. This system can be used as a regular desktop but offers capabilities typically found in supercomputers. ASUS’s ExpertCenter Pro E900N E3 looks like a regular mid-tower desktop, but its performance is far from ordinary.
Inside, the system houses an impressive 784 GB of Coherent memory, which is powered by 496 GB of LPDDR5X chips around the Grace CPU and 288 GB of HBM3E memory for the Blackwell GPU. When it comes to AI tasks, this setup delivers up to 20 PFLOPS, thanks to its cutting-edge design and NVIDIA DGX OS. Networking is handled by the ConnectX-8 SuperNIC, providing 800 GB/s of bandwidth, making this machine perfect for enterprises needing exceptional performance.
For those who need to upgrade, the ExpertCenter Pro E900N E3 offers expandability with three PCIe x16 slots for additional GPUs, and three M.2 slots for lightning-fast NVMe SSDs. Its motherboard also features triple 16-pin power connectors capable of delivering up to 1800W of power, supporting the immense requirements of this superchip.
While ASUS has yet to announce the official price, systems like this typically cost thousands. For businesses seeking a desktop version of powerful computing, this is a solid choice. Meanwhile, NVIDIA’s GB300 NVL72 rack ups the ante with 72 Blackwell Ultra GPUs and 36 NVIDIA Grace CPUs, delivering nearly 40 TB of Coherent memory and an insane 1.4 Exaflops of performance, but that’s a whole different level of enterprise hardware.