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Zac Bowden

Microsoft is making a Surface mini PC for AI developers: Meet the Surface RTX Spark Dev Box, featuring 128GB RAM and one petaflop of AI compute power

Renders of the Microsoft Surface RTX Spark Dev Box showing the design, the Microsoft logo, and dual monitors performing different tasks. .

Just says after announcing the RTX Spark powered Surface Laptop Ultra coming later this year, Microsoft has today announced a second RTX Spark device under the Surface portfolio, this time aimed solely at developers looking for a mini PC that can run sustained AI workloads with a 100W thermal envelope.

Officially dubbed the Surface RTX Spark Dev Box, this Microsoft-made mini PC will be made available to purchase later this year, and features one petaflip of AI compute power and 128GB of unified memory, which is capable of running up to 120B parameter models locally without needing to reach out to the cloud.

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