Asus became the first OEM partner to launch its own branded version of Nvidia's Project Digits compact AI computer.

Asus has unveiled the Ascent GX10, a compact AI supercomputer powered by Nvidia's Grace Blackwell GB10 Superchip, designed to bring high-performance AI computing to the desks of developers, researchers, and data scientists. The system serves as Asus's answer to Nvidia's DGX Spark (previously Project Digits), enabling local AI workloads that make it easier to prototype, fine-tune, and run large models without relying entirely on cloud or data center resources.

The Ascent GX10 comes equipped with 128GB of unified memory and can deliver up to 1000 TOPS of AI processing power through its Blackwell GPU with fifth-generation Tensor Cores and FP4 precision support. The system also includes a 20-core Grace Arm CPU that accelerates data processing and orchestration for AI inferencing and model tuning, allowing developers to work with AI models of up to 200 billion parameters without encountering major bottlenecks.

According to KuoWei Chao, General Manager of Asus IoT and NUC Business Group, "AI is transforming every industry, and the Asus Ascent GX10 is designed to bring this transformative power to every developer's fingertips." Chao further stated, "By integrating the Nvidia Grace Blackwell Superchip, we are providing a powerful yet compact tool that enables developers, data scientists, and AI researchers to innovate and push the boundaries of AI right from their desks."

The system features NVLink-C2C, which provides more than five times the bandwidth of PCIe 5.0, enabling the CPU and GPU to share memory efficiently and improving performance across AI workloads. Two GX10 units can be linked together through an integrated ConnectX network interface to handle even larger models, such as Llama 3.1 with 405 billion parameters.

Asus has announced that the Ascent GX10 will be available for pre-order in Q2 2025 at a price of $2999 with 1TB of storage, according to Nvidia. This positions it favorably against Nvidia's own DGX Spark, which costs $3999 and comes with 4TB of storage.