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I wonder why they even added this to the FAQ if they're gonna weasel their way around it and not answer properly?

> What is the memory bandwidth supported by Ascent GX10?

> AI applications often require a bigger memory. With the NVIDIA Blackwell GPU that supports 128GB of unified memory, ASUS Ascent GX10 is an AI supercomputer that enables faster training, better real-time inference, and support larger models like LLMs.

Never seen anything like that before. I wonder if this product page is actually done and was ready to be public?

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Maybe they had a local llm write it but the memory bandwidth was too low for a decent answer.

Taiwanese companies are legendary for producing baller hardware with terrible marketing and documentation that answers important questions. It's like those teams don't talk to each other inside the business.

Fortunately, their products are also easy to crack open and probe.

Also terrible software and firmware. Examples are the programs for motherboard RGB control from Asus, Asrock, MSI, Gigabyte, etc.

This is a very specific example of something the big BIOS players just don't give a crap about supporting well, either.

It's a feature that requires two different _companies_ to collaborate to build. Mayhem.

It seamlessly combines Nvidia's price gouging and ASUS's shady tactics. God forbid you ever have to RMA it, they'll probably brake it and blame it on you.

Probably LLM slop, but also it's the same GB10 chip as the DGX Spark so why would the memory bandwidth be significantly different?

As far as I can tell these are all the same hardware just different enclosures. I'm not sure why Nvidia went this route given that they have a first party device. Usually you only see this when the original manufacturer doesn't want to be in the distribution or support game.

If this is anything like their consumer graphics cards, the first-party version will only be available in the dozen or so countries where Nvidia has established direct distribution channels and they'll defer to the third parties everywhere else.

Distribution channels to orgs or countries that don't buy from nvidia. Ability to cut discounts w/o discounting the Nvidia brand

How is it different from their consumer GPU marketing? They have Founder Edition under NVIDIA brand initially, but the ecosystem is supposed to mass produce. It appears to be the same for DGX Spark where PNY has produced the NVIDIA branded and now you're going to see ASUS and Dell and others make similar PCs under their brand.

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