Feed: Engadget is a web magazine with obsessive daily coverage of everything new in gadgets and consumer electronics
Feed Link: https://www.engadget.com/
---

Title: ASUS equips its NUC 14 Pro mini PC with AI capabilities

Date: Thu, 08 May 2025 16:40:30 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/computing/asus-equip...

ASUS is now outfitting its NUC 14 Pro mini PC with a neural processing unit
(NPU) capable of reaching 48 trillion operations per second (TOPS). The new
model, the ASUS NUC Pro AI, will have up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 288V
processor. With a height of only 1.3 inches, this mini PC can be carried
anywhere and wonΓÇÖt get in your way. Most of the features like ports and
internals should be similar compared to its predecessor.

To prevent overheating, ASUS installed some advanced thermal management
solutions built for the computer's tiny footprint. Other features include
Secure Boot, built-in speakers and voice command-ready microphones. ThereΓÇÖs
also a fingerprint reader for extra security, along with a trusted platform
module (TPM). The latter is designed to secure the PC further using
cryptography. Upgrading the ASUS NUC 14 Pro AI doesnΓÇÖt require tools, and
the mini PC can be controlled with ASUS Control Center.

This mini PC might be convenient, but itΓÇÖs likely not going to run AAA
games at higher settings. Fortunately, ASUS does have some NUC PCs capable of
gaming.

As of now, thereΓÇÖs no release date for the ASUS NUC 14 Pro AI, but its
announcement is less than a year following the first ASUS-built NUC that we
saw at CES 2024.

Update, May 8, 2025, 12:40PM ET: More than six months after this story was
originally published on September 4, 2024, ASUS reached out and requested
that Engadget remove the reference to this product meeting EPEAT's Climate+
energy efficiency standards. The company confirmed it was a mistake on its
part; it has filed for and is in the process of getting the certification but
it hasn't been confirmed yet.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at
https://www.engadget.com/computing/asus-equip...
capabilities-160052047.html?src=rss

---
VRSS v2.1.180528