Intel recently left the NUC business, but today Asus and Intel revealed that they had reached a preliminary agreement that gives Asus a non-exclusive license to produce Intel NUC designs and develop next-generation NUCs. With its vast engineering resources, Asus will clearly be able to support the rather diverse product line that NUC has become.
The preliminary term sheet enables Asus to build and sell Intel's 10th to 13th-generation NUC PCs as well as develop future NUC designs. In exchange, Asus will have to support existing NUC systems, which is a tough nut to crack given the fact that Intel has released NUCs for all possible markets, including home offices, small offices, businesses, enterprises, IoT, industrial, and even gaming.
