Since Intel was stuck on 14nm lithography for several years and the appearance of Specter and Meltdown, it hasn’t finished moving forward. He lost Apple and Oracle as customers, both of which are very important. Added to this is the discreet departure of Jim Keller and Raja Koduri, two recruits announced with great fanfare.
In addition, Intel will resume an activity that had not been done for decades: producing third-party chips. Everything suggests that Intel has a huge economic hole due to stagnation and poor investment decisions, such as its SSD division that was badly sold to SK Hynix.
The NUCs are dead, long live the NUCs
We knew at the beginning of the week that Intel has abandoned NUC development after 10 years to start the mark. Only 48 hours later, we learned that this company was retained by ASUS, apparently at zero cost.
It seems like Asus would already be developing substitute of the Intel NUC 13 Extreme (Raptor Canyon). More specifically, they would develop a NUTS PLEASE. It would be the first Mini PC in the ROG product line, which is characterized by very powerful solutions.
The Raptor Canyon NUCs are characterized by the use of Core i9-13900K, Core i7-13700K or Core i5-13600K processors. Such systems have space for a graphics card up to 300 mm and a triple slot.
Everything indicates that this new system ROG NUC will use 14th Gen Meteor Lake processors. Supposedly Intel has canceled desktop models so they use mobile processors
It is specified that ASUS could use in these new ROG Mini PC And hybrid cooling system. This would not have so much to do with consumption, since the Meteor Lake Mobile has a TDP of 35 to 65 watts. This would be due to the range they focus on, which usually has a striking design and sometimes something over the top or extravagant.
They comment that they will leave room for graphics cards up to 300mm and triple slot, like the NUC 13 Extreme. Most likely they will mount their own models based on the NVIDIA RTX 40 series. Eventually implement the RTX 4060, RTX 4070 and RTX 4080
The ROG seal will be present
We must expect, without a doubt, a solution with a unique and very striking design. Using liquid cooling to cool the system seems quite likely, given that it’s more or less a big shoebox.
What you’re sure to get is plenty of RGB lighting, which has become the core of ROG products. Moreover, it seems quite likely that they will be presented shortly after the announcement of the Meteor Lake Mobile, which does not yet have a date.
Thus, the ASUS ROG range will land on one of the rare segments where it was not present, the Mini PCs. You also need to prepare the wallet, as these will be high-priced products.
