… Before memory pricing went wild, memory was our 1 hardware cost. Now, it is hard to even afford to buy memory for the systems we want to deploy. Since we have to deploy this year’s servers, I had a thought: what if we could use AI to strike back at memory pricing? …
… AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 400 Chip SKUs CPU Cores Max Boost L3 Cache NPU GPU TDP Max RAM Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495 16 5.2GHz 64MB 55 TOPS 8065S 40 CUs 45 – 120W 192GB Ryzen AI Max PRO 490 12 5.0GHz 64MB 50 TOPS 8050S 32 CUs Ryzen AI Max PRO 485 8 5.0GHz 32MB 50 TOPS 8050S 32 CUs AMD Ryzen AI Max 300 Chip SK… …
… AMD Ryzen AI Halo Key Specs Processors AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 5.1GHz Operating Systems Windows 11 Linux Memory 128GB LPDDR5X-8000, Soldered Storage 2TB SSD PCIe Gen4 x4 GPU Radeon 8060S Graphics 40 CUs PSU TBD Form Factor Mini-PC Dimensions 150 x 150 x 43.2 mm 5.9 x 5.9 x 1.7 in Weight “Just over” 1… …
… It increases power consumption, but the benefit is that we use it to power small embedding models used by AI agents. You can also run the AI agent’s memory and storage frameworks directly on the NAS, with the embedding model right there. …
… Because these agentic workflows require AI to “think,” plan, and retain information over increasingly large context windows, there is a massive new demand for memory and storage. A New “Middle Tier” of AI Storage To handle this demand, the industry is creating a new tier of storage. …
… AMD Ryzen AI 400 Desktop Chip SKUs Zen 5 Cores Zen 5c Cores Max Boost L3 Cache NPU GPU TDP Ryzen AI 7 PRO 450G 4 4 5.1GHz 16MB 50 TOPS 860M 8 CUs 65W Ryzen AI 7 PRO 450GE 35W Ryzen AI 5 PRO 440G 3 3 4.8GHz 16MB 840M 4 CUs 65W Ryzen AI 5 PRO 440GE 35W Ryzen AI 5 PRO 435G 2 4 4.5GHz 8MB 840M 4 CUs 65… …
… Dell is aiming the system at AI users and others who needs as much performance as possible in a fixed amount of space. …