asus has announced Asus NUC 14 Pro AIThe first CoPilot Plus-enabled AI mini PC that packs an Intel Core Ultra 9 processor in a black M4 Mac mini-like form factor. First presented at IFA on SeptemberAsus is providing a bit more details than before about the specifications of the mini PC, but still not saying when it will be available or how much it will cost.
The NUC 14 Pro AI will come in five CPU configurations, ranging from a Core Ultra 5 226v processor with 16GB of integrated RAM to a Core Ultra 9 288v processor with 32GB of RAM. The company says it has up to 67 TOPS of GPU performance and 48 NPU TOPS, and its M.2 2280 PCIe Gen 4 x 4 slot supports 256GB to 2TB NVMe SSDs.
It's all packed into a PC that's 130mm deep and wide and just 34mm tall; By comparison, the Mac mini is 127mm deep and wide and 50mm tall. Here are some pictures from Asus' website:
The Asus NUC 14 Pro AI has a fingerprint sensor on the top and a CoPilot button on the front for speaking voice commands to Microsoft's AI assistant. Apart from this, there are two USB-A ports, a Thunderbolt 4 port, a headphone jack and a power button on the front. On the back, you'll find a 2.5Gbps Ethernet jack, another Thunderbolt 4 port, two more USB-A ports, and an HDMI port. For connectivity, it has Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4.
Asus still hasn't said when the NUC 14 Pro AI will be available, nor how much it will cost.