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Straits Times
21-05-2025
- Business
- Straits Times
GIGABYTE EVENT Unveils Comprehensive AI Solutions with "LEADING EDGE" at COMPUTEX 2025
TAIPEI, May 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- GIGABYTE, the world's leading computer brand, today unveiled a series of brand-new AI solutions under the theme, "LEADING EDGE," at the GIGABYTE EVENT, aiming to redefine what's possible in gaming, creation, and AI. These solutions include the debut of AI devices, AI software, and advanced AI-enhanced performance technology. Through these cutting-edge innovations, GIGABYTE reaffirms its commitment to delivering accessible AI at the edge. GIGABYTE EVENT Unveils Comprehensive AI Solutions with "LEADING EDGE" at COMPUTEX 2025 AI Devices Bring Supercomputing to the Edge Leading the AI devices showcase is the AORUS RTX 5090 AI BOX, the world's fastest eGPU, designed to boost laptop performance for gaming, creation, and AI applications. The AORUS RTX 5090 AI BOX evolves the eGPU beyond gaming to a full range of AI applications. Designed with the latest Thunderbolt 5 and USB4 interface, it provides versatile connectivity and barrier-breaking performance. AI TOP ATOM, a personal AI supercomputer powered by the NVIDIA GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip named NVIDIA DGX SPRAK, features a tightly integrated CPU-GPU platform purpose-built for large-scale AI workloads. It supports fine-tuning and inference of AI models with up to 70B and 200B parameters, and can even scale through clustering to run models up to 405B parameters, ensuring data privacy and security. AI Software Transforms Gaming, Creation, and Productivity To fully unlock the AI device's potential, GIGABYTE unveiled its next-gen software suite. AI TOP Utility 4.0 enables machine learning with core capabilities like image classification, object detection, segmentation, and optical character recognition, supporting various industrial applications. It also handles local inference for models with up to 685B parameters, while its built-in Model Converter streamlines deployment to the edge devices, ensuring flexibility and scalability across different hardware configurations. GiMATE, a built-in AI agent on AORUS MASTER, GIGABYTE AERO, and GIGABYTE GAMING Series AI gaming laptops, enhances productivity under various scenarios through a Press and Speak feature with numerous AI capabilities and the GiMATE Creator. Now, the newly introduced feature GiMATE Coder, which makes coding accessible to beginners with intuitive, prompt-based code generation, debuted alongside two AI gaming laptop models, GIGABYTE GAMING A16 PRO and GAMING A18, and an all-rounder choice, GIGABYTE AERO X16, for optimal performance and superior functionality on the go. GIGABYTE extends its AI innovation to gaming monitors with AI Tactical Features, AI-optimized Visuals, and AI Protection, delivering faster reactions, sharper visuals, and smarter tools. New models include the 4K 160Hz M27UP and M27UP ICE, which can switch to FHD 320Hz with flexible resolution options through Tactical Dual Mode, the 280Hz MO27Q28G featuring the latest Meta 3.0 WOLED panel, the smart M27QS, and various models offering refresh rates from 200Hz up to an incredible 500Hz. AI Redefines Design to Deliver the Optimal Performance The all-new AORUS X870 X3D Series motherboards, X870E AORUS MASTER, PRO, and ELITE X3D ICE, come in both iconic black and pure-white ICE finishes and feature the AI-enhanced X3D Turbo Mode 2, delivering a market-leading 35% performance boost by intelligently adapting to real-time workloads, all without the need for manual overclocking or interruption. For Intel platforms, Z890 motherboards with Ultra Turbo Mode, a performance enhancement BIOS feature, unlock up to 38% more performance compared to factory settings to boost memory performance and system efficiency across diverse applications. Furthermore, blending performance and aesthetics, the Z890 AORUS TACHYON ICE achieved a world-record memory speed through AI-enhanced overclocking, while the STEALTH ICE Series, featuring X870 AORUS STEALTH ICE and B850 AORUS STEALTH ICE motherboards, AORUS GeForce RTX™ 5090 STEALTH ICE graphics card, and the C500 PANORAMIC STEALTH ICE chassis, offers a reverse-connector layout for cleaner cable management, seamless compatibility, and pure-white minimalist builds.
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
GIGABYTE EVENT Unveils Comprehensive AI Solutions with "LEADING EDGE" at COMPUTEX 2025
TAIPEI, May 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- GIGABYTE, the world's leading computer brand, today unveiled a series of brand-new AI solutions under the theme, "LEADING EDGE," at the GIGABYTE EVENT, aiming to redefine what's possible in gaming, creation, and AI. These solutions include the debut of AI devices, AI software, and advanced AI-enhanced performance technology. Through these cutting-edge innovations, GIGABYTE reaffirms its commitment to delivering accessible AI at the edge. AI Devices Bring Supercomputing to the Edge Leading the AI devices showcase is the AORUS RTX 5090 AI BOX, the world's fastest eGPU, designed to boost laptop performance for gaming, creation, and AI applications. The AORUS RTX 5090 AI BOX evolves the eGPU beyond gaming to a full range of AI applications. Designed with the latest Thunderbolt 5 and USB4 interface, it provides versatile connectivity and barrier-breaking performance. AI TOP ATOM, a personal AI supercomputer powered by the NVIDIA GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip named NVIDIA DGX SPRAK, features a tightly integrated CPU-GPU platform purpose-built for large-scale AI workloads. It supports fine-tuning and inference of AI models with up to 70B and 200B parameters, and can even scale through clustering to run models up to 405B parameters, ensuring data privacy and security. AI Software Transforms Gaming, Creation, and Productivity To fully unlock the AI device's potential, GIGABYTE unveiled its next-gen software suite. AI TOP Utility 4.0 enables machine learning with core capabilities like image classification, object detection, segmentation, and optical character recognition, supporting various industrial applications. It also handles local inference for models with up to 685B parameters, while its built-in Model Converter streamlines deployment to the edge devices, ensuring flexibility and scalability across different hardware configurations. GiMATE, a built-in AI agent on AORUS MASTER, GIGABYTE AERO, and GIGABYTE GAMING Series AI gaming laptops, enhances productivity under various scenarios through a Press and Speak feature with numerous AI capabilities and the GiMATE Creator. Now, the newly introduced feature GiMATE Coder, which makes coding accessible to beginners with intuitive, prompt-based code generation, debuted alongside two AI gaming laptop models, GIGABYTE GAMING A16 PRO and GAMING A18, and an all-rounder choice, GIGABYTE AERO X16, for optimal performance and superior functionality on the go. GIGABYTE extends its AI innovation to gaming monitors with AI Tactical Features, AI-optimized Visuals, and AI Protection, delivering faster reactions, sharper visuals, and smarter tools. New models include the 4K 160Hz M27UP and M27UP ICE, which can switch to FHD 320Hz with flexible resolution options through Tactical Dual Mode, the 280Hz MO27Q28G featuring the latest Meta 3.0 WOLED panel, the smart M27QS, and various models offering refresh rates from 200Hz up to an incredible 500Hz. AI Redefines Design to Deliver the Optimal Performance The all-new AORUS X870 X3D Series motherboards, X870E AORUS MASTER, PRO, and ELITE X3D ICE, come in both iconic black and pure-white ICE finishes and feature the AI-enhanced X3D Turbo Mode 2, delivering a market-leading 35% performance boost by intelligently adapting to real-time workloads, all without the need for manual overclocking or interruption. For Intel platforms, Z890 motherboards with Ultra Turbo Mode, a performance enhancement BIOS feature, unlock up to 38% more performance compared to factory settings to boost memory performance and system efficiency across diverse applications. Furthermore, blending performance and aesthetics, the Z890 AORUS TACHYON ICE achieved a world-record memory speed through AI-enhanced overclocking, while the STEALTH ICE Series, featuring X870 AORUS STEALTH ICE and B850 AORUS STEALTH ICE motherboards, AORUS GeForce RTX™ 5090 STEALTH ICE graphics card, and the C500 PANORAMIC STEALTH ICE chassis, offers a reverse-connector layout for cleaner cable management, seamless compatibility, and pure-white minimalist builds. These innovations underscore GIGABYTE's dedication to providing AI solutions across its product lines, empowering both individual users and enterprises to unlock new levels of productivity and creativity in the AI era. GIGABYTE will further elaborate on these technologies and showcase its full LEADING EDGE vision at: GIGABYTE EVENT. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE GIGABYTE Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Yahoo
Asus' New eGPU Dock Uses Thunderbolt 5 for Up to 80Gbps Bandwidth
Asus is driving the concept of external graphics forward with a next-generation design that has everything it needs to support the latest, most capable GPUs from Nvidia and AMD. The ROG XG Station 3 leverages the Thunderbolt 5 interface to deliver up to 80Gbps bandwidth, allowing connected GPUs to run at almost the same speeds as those plugged natively into a standard high-end desktop. This raises the potential performance of lightweight, portable laptops that can use a static GPU dock like this for high-end gaming when needed. Shown off at Computex in Taipei, the Asus ROG XG Station 3 Dock really doubles down on the idea of an external GPU, by having the graphics card be external to the dock itself. It sits on top of it, plugged into a top-mounted PCI Express slot. It's not entirely clear from WCCFTech's images where the card's power cables are, but it's possible they've been left unattached for aesthetic reasons. The system itself has a mains power connection, with the body of the eGPU dock housing the power supply. That's of an unknown wattage, too, though likely in excess of the 600W used in previous generations of the dock. Credit: Asus/WCCFTech Asus has some graphs showing the performance of an RTX 4090 using the XG Station 3. In these first-party tests, the card performs almost as well as when it is plugged straight into a desktop PC's motherboard. As impressive as that is, though, it's arguably more important to see the comparison with the mobile RTX 4090 GPU—otherwise one of the fastest graphics solutions for mobile computing. This is all made possible thanks to the 80 Gbps Thunderbolt 5 connection, we're told. That upgrade from Thunderbolt 4 may be less impactful for weaker GPUs, but certainly for high-end cards, the added bandwidth makes a difference. The difference with even more powerful GPUs, like the RTX 5090 and mobile 5090, would presumably be even more pronounced. Although showcased with a last-generation card, Asus has confirmed this new dock is fully compatible with the RTX 50-series GPUs, including the 5090, and AMD's RX 9000 series cards, like the 9070 XT. Elsewhere, the dock adds some additional connectivity for connected laptops, including three USB-C 10 Gbps connections. That could be good for connecting a keyboard and mouse, letting users with highly portable laptops used for work sit down at a desk, plug into the eGPU dock, and play games with an already-connected set of gaming peripherals.
Tom's Guide
19-05-2025
- Tom's Guide
I tested the MSI Titan 18 HX — the power is wild, the price is wilder
MSI, we need to talk. I see a lot of people fawning over the MSI Titan 18 HX — particularly the Dragon Edition Norse Myth model I've been using as my daily driver over the past couple of months. And in the early days, I was one of them. It's hard to ignore the ludicrous levels of performance this machine is capable of, thanks to that pairing of the maxed out Intel Core Ultra 9 CPU, top of the line RTX 5090 GPU, and a bonkers amount of RAM with the highest possible wattage pumped through it all. The frame rates in the latest AAA games cranked up to max are insane. All this comes together in a premium shell with a gorgeous 4K Mini-LED display, a tactile Cherry MX mechanical keyboard and plenty of ports (including blazing fast Thunderbolt 5). On paper, you're ticking the boxes. However, we need some sort of a reality check here. And that reality check is a $5,000 price tag. Oh, and just to add a little more insult to the potential deathblow to your bank balance, that's for the base configuration — the one I have could cost you nearly seven grand! For an astonishing price like that, you deserve perfection. But this ain't it, thanks to fans that sound like your standard jet engine, tinny speakers and a haptic touchpad that is pretty frustrating to use. Then there's my incredibly scientific fun-to-price matrix. How much more PC gaming fun do you actually unlock here for the cost to you? Yes, your games will look their best here, but you can get a near-identical spec from Gigabyte for over $2,000 less — a lower-cost desktop replacement experience. On top of that, with something like a laptop (especially with DLSS 4 AI trickery), you could afford to go for something like a 5080 or even a 5070, save yourself a ton of cash, and even get a better laptop experience as a whole (looking at you, Asus ROG Zephyrus G14). I mean even MSI itself is a little cool on the idea of buying this, as a rep told me the company 'doesn't expect to sell a lot of these.' Don't get me wrong — this is a fun experiment to see just what you can pump out of a gaming laptop in 2025. The test results I'm about to show you are crazy good. But in terms of the choice you make at the store, this is clearly the supercar to lure people into the dealership. It's big, brash, and on paper, the most beastly system I've ever tested. And that is the exact reason why it's not the right choice for a daily driver. Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 Price From $5,000 Display 18-inch 4K Mini-LED display 120Hz refresh rate CPU Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX GPU Up To Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Memory Up to 96GB DDR5 Storage Up to 6TB Ports 1x HDMI 2.1, 1x SD card slot, 2.5 Gigabit ethernet, 3x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A, 2x Thunderbolt 5 Connectivity Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4 Dimensions 15.9 x 12.1 x 1.3 inches Weight 7.94 pounds Before we sit down for a real chat, let's go through the superhuman performance going on under the hood, as well as a couple of additional elements that make this sound great (on paper). Yep, you've got an Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX CPU and RTX 5090 GPU packed in here — combined with a massive amount of DDR5 RAM and a PCIe Gen 5 SSD under the hood. That's all fair and good, but thanks to all the advanced thermal management going on, you're getting a whopping 270W being pumped through this system from that behemoth of a charging bring. And the end result? A level of gaming performance that is sure to make a lot of desktop rigs blush! Game benchmark MSI Titan 18 HX Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 Cyberpunk 2077 1080p ultra preset (no DLSS) 70.64 FPS 68.28 FPS Black Myth: Wukond (1080p cinematic) 59 FPS 57 FS Assassin's Creed Shadows (1080p ver high) 54 FPS 44 FPS But as you already know full well, we test with all the DLSS 4 trickery turned off. The moment you flick the switches on this, you get the frame rates balloon with very minimal impact to latency and the fidelity of the in-game graphics. Every time I see it, I'm always blown away! Oh, and it doesn't stop at just gaming performance. One of the big wins for gaming laptops for me is its ability to be all things to all people — a workhorse by day and perfect for play by night. Well, when you apply these specs to masses of power user multitasking and the most advanced of prosumer and AI workloads, you see just how all these high performance components come together to make this a real stallion of getting things done. Benchmark MSI Titan 18 HX Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 Geekbench 6.4 single-core 3046 3117 Geekbench 6.4 multicore 22082 19553 Geekbench AI ONNX GPU Quantized score 24010 23227 Handbrake (transcoding 4k video to 1080p mm:ss - shorter is better) 01:55 02:16 Complex 4K video timelines in DaVinci Resolve just played instantly at the push of a play button without any rendering requirements. Photoshop neural renders were crushed in just a few seconds. No matter how much in-game path tracing pressure I put on this, it sailed through with no problems. The fans kick up, though, so make sure you pick up a gaming headset to block it out. 4K mini-LED. That's it. That's the bit. …OK fine I'll tell you all about it. This 18-inch display is so OTT that I'm in love. Using mini-LED tech, it's super bright even in direct sunlight, the colors are impressively vivid, and that 120Hz refresh rate is buttery smooth at such a crispy, high resolution. Whether I'm swinging through the vivid concrete jungle of New York in Marvel's Spider-Man, or feeling the fear of the dark, gloomy immersion in Silent Hill 2, this is a truly mesmerizing screen that really enhances any game you throw at it. Laptop Display brightness (average in nits) DCI-P3 color gamut (%) MSI Titan 18 HX 729.8 87.2 Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 429.4 80.6 Plus, add in the color accuracy, and I felt just as confident throwing my entire creative workload through here – knowing that whatever I put my heart and soul into; from RAW photo edits to 4K color grading, the on-screen results are correct to what you all would see. And thanks to that HDR support, contrast-heavy TV shows like the depths of Severance truly make that artificial light glow. For any purpose you throw at it, this screen is a beaut. So before we talk about the actual aesthetics, I do need to dish out a medal to the Titan for some of its well-thought out design ideas for any pro gamer out there. Starting with that thickness and heft (yes, it's really is 7.94 pounds) — MSI understood the assignment that this is a desktop replacement and packed it full of what's needed for almost superhuman thermal management (for a laptop). Yes, the fans do sound like a jumbo jet when pushing it to the limit, but it's the best of the cards you're dealt in this situation! On top of that, the desktop convenience extends to the port array, as important sockets like HDMI and Ethernet adorn the back, while there's a good versatility across the other sides (such as a warmly welcomed full-size SD card slot). And finally, a lot has been said about giving gamers the opportunity to expand their laptops. While we haven't gone full-blown modular just yet, the extra SSD slots with PCIe Gen 5 support are significant for expanding capacity while keeping the speeds up. Oh, and shoutout to that phenomenal Cherry MX mechanical keyboard up top. The keys have a nice subtle dish to them for your fingers to fall into, while the tactile switch impact is unmatched in the laptop space. This is an intervention, MSI. You can tick boxes, and that's a good thing — I don't want that to be forgotten. But we're giving consumer advice here, and I've got to be real: there are two big reasons why you shouldn't buy this. And no, neither are the laughable battery life or webcam. Let's just agree these don't matter in a desktop replacement system like this. MSI gives with one hand and takes away with the other. That's annoying because given the ridiculous cost you're paying here (more on that later), There are three key issues going on. First, that haptic touchpad. Looks great with the RGB illumination and if my MacBook Pro was anything to go by, solid state pads are great at giving you that tactility without that spongey wobble. On the Titan, there's a nice clicky snap, but gestures are hit and miss and click response is too slow. Second, the speakers. If you're going to have the fans kick up a storm, let those social gaming moments drown out the noise with big volume from those speakers. Not only are they unfortunately pretty tinny, but they're far too quiet. And finally (most subjectively), that dragon artwork on the front of mine? Pretty cringe. I won't hold this against the 18 HX in my review, as you can get the plain one which solves that problem. On top of that, I applaud MSI for trying to do something different — the texture of the 3D artwork atop the lid is addictive to run your fingers over. But I would never ever feel comfortable bringing this out with me, as I learnt after being laughed at a fair few times in my local hometown pub for whipping it out. Maybe keep the special editions a little more subtle. Here I was thinking $4,499 for the Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 was crazy expensive. But it turns out that when it comes to 18-inch 5090 laptops, it could very well be the steal of the year. I won't blather on too much in this section, because every time I do I get more annoyed at that $7,000 price tag. Yep, you read that right — the cost of the special edition model I have is seven grand. But how much does that price go down if it's the non-special edition? Well, looking at retailers, around about $250 gets cut off the price, as we've seen the identical spec with none of the dragon stuff go for $6,750. No matter which way you look, this is an insane price tag that I cannot ignore. Then of course, we've got Nvidia talking about raising the prices of its GPUs due to the economic uncertainty, so they may go even higher! This is just an astronomical price to pay, and one that given the combo breaker strengths of DLSS 4 and multi-frame gen can bring to uber smooth laptop gaming on lower-spec laptops, I wouldn't recommend anyone pay. The epitome of excess, and the image you'd find on the Wikipedia page for the saying 'more money than sense.' This is a beasty gaming laptop with a monstrous price tag that makes it good on paper, but not something I'd tell anyone to go out and buy. If 5090 is your thing, the Strix Scar 18 is better value for money (nearly $2,000 less) without compromising anymore than a few frames per second. But you could legitimately get away with RTX 5080 and 5070 systems, save yourself a ton of money and still get shockingly good frame rates with all that AI trickery. Don't get me wrong. The MSI Titan 18 HX is not exactly taking your money and setting it on fire. It is a mightily powerful system, but definitely not the smartest purchase — certainly not the best gaming laptop you can buy.
Korea Herald
19-05-2025
- Business
- Korea Herald
GIGABYTE EVENT Unveils Comprehensive AI Solutions with "LEADING EDGE" at COMPUTEX 2025
TAIPEI, May 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- GIGABYTE, the world's leading computer brand, today unveiled a series of brand-new AI solutions under the theme, "LEADING EDGE," at the GIGABYTE EVENT, aiming to redefine what's possible in gaming, creation, and AI. These solutions include the debut of AI devices, AI software, and advanced AI-enhanced performance technology. Through these cutting-edge innovations, GIGABYTE reaffirms its commitment to delivering accessible AI at the edge. AI Devices Bring Supercomputing to the Edge Leading the AI devices showcase is the AORUS RTX 5090 AI BOX, the world's fastest eGPU, designed to boost laptop performance for gaming, creation, and AI applications. The AORUS RTX 5090 AI BOX evolves the eGPU beyond gaming to a full range of AI applications. Designed with the latest Thunderbolt 5 and USB4 interface, it provides versatile connectivity and barrier-breaking performance. AI TOP ATOM, a personal AI supercomputer powered by the NVIDIA GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip named NVIDIA DGX SPRAK, features a tightly integrated CPU-GPU platform purpose-built for large-scale AI workloads. It supports fine-tuning and inference of AI models with up to 70B and 200B parameters, and can even scale through clustering to run models up to 405B parameters, ensuring data privacy and security. AI Software Transforms Gaming, Creation, and Productivity To fully unlock the AI device's potential, GIGABYTE unveiled its next-gen software suite. AI TOP Utility 4.0 enables machine learning with core capabilities like image classification, object detection, segmentation, and optical character recognition, supporting various industrial applications. It also handles local inference for models with up to 685B parameters, while its built-in Model Converter streamlines deployment to the edge devices, ensuring flexibility and scalability across different hardware configurations. GiMATE, a built-in AI agent on AORUS MASTER, GIGABYTE AERO, and GIGABYTE GAMING Series AI gaming laptops, enhances productivity under various scenarios through a Press and Speak feature with numerous AI capabilities and the GiMATE Creator. Now, the newly introduced feature GiMATE Coder, which makes coding accessible to beginners with intuitive, prompt-based code generation, debuted alongside two AI gaming laptop models, GIGABYTE GAMING A16 PRO and GAMING A18, and an all-rounder choice, GIGABYTE AERO X16, for optimal performance and superior functionality on the go. GIGABYTE extends its AI innovation to gaming monitors with AI Tactical Features, AI-optimized Visuals, and AI Protection, delivering faster reactions, sharper visuals, and smarter tools. New models include the 4K 160Hz M27UP and M27UP ICE, which can switch to FHD 320Hz with flexible resolution options through Tactical Dual Mode, the 280Hz MO27Q28G featuring the latest Meta 3.0 WOLED panel, the smart M27QS, and various models offering refresh rates from 200Hz up to an incredible 500Hz. AI Redefines Design to Deliver the Optimal Performance The all-new AORUS X870 X3D Series motherboards, X870E AORUS MASTER, PRO, and ELITE X3D ICE, come in both iconic black and pure-white ICE finishes and feature the AI-enhanced X3D Turbo Mode 2, delivering a market-leading 35% performance boost by intelligently adapting to real-time workloads, all without the need for manual overclocking or interruption. For Intel platforms, Z890 motherboards with Ultra Turbo Mode, a performance enhancement BIOS feature, unlock up to 38% more performance compared to factory settings to boost memory performance and system efficiency across diverse applications. Furthermore, blending performance and aesthetics, the Z890 AORUS TACHYON ICE achieved a world-record memory speed through AI-enhanced overclocking, while the STEALTH ICE Series, featuring X870 AORUS STEALTH ICE and B850 AORUS STEALTH ICE motherboards, AORUS GeForce RTX™ 5090 STEALTH ICE graphics card, and the C500 PANORAMIC STEALTH ICE chassis, offers a reverse-connector layout for cleaner cable management, seamless compatibility, and pure-white minimalist builds. These innovations underscore GIGABYTE's dedication to providing AI solutions across its product lines, empowering both individual users and enterprises to unlock new levels of productivity and creativity in the AI era. GIGABYTE will further elaborate on these technologies and showcase its full LEADING EDGE vision at: GIGABYTE EVENT.
