Asus's New Mini PC Uses Qualcomm's X2 Elite Chip to Run AI Agents
A new mini PC that can run AI agents locally has entered the market, this time from Asus, which is harnessing chips from Qualcomm. On Thursday, Asus launched the Ascent QN10, a compact desktop PC that features Qualcomm’s recently-launched X2 Elite processors, which have already been popping up in laptops. X2 Elite chips stand out for nearly doubling the AI performance from 45 TOPS to 80 TOPS, a mathematical measurement of the AI processing.
- ▪A new mini PC that can run AI agents locally has entered the market, this time from Asus, which is harnessing chips from Qualcomm.
- ▪On Thursday, Asus launched the Ascent QN10, a compact desktop PC that features Qualcomm’s recently-launched X2 Elite processors, which have already been popping up in laptops.
- ▪X2 Elite chips stand out for nearly doubling the AI performance from 45 TOPS to 80 TOPS, a mathematical measurement of the AI processing.
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A new mini PC that can run AI agents locally has entered the market, this time from Asus, which is harnessing chips from Qualcomm. On Thursday, Asus launched the Ascent QN10, a compact desktop PC that features Qualcomm’s recently-launched X2 Elite processors, which have already been popping up in laptops. X2 Elite chips stand out for nearly doubling the AI performance from 45 TOPS to 80 TOPS, a mathematical measurement of the AI processing. Hence, Asus is touting the Ascent QN10 as the “world's first agentic AI mini PC with 80 TOPS” capable of running AI tools and AI agents, such as OpenClaw or Hermes Agent.
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