Dell just announced the new Pro Max Plus laptop, which the company has stuffed with an enterprise-grade NPU. This makes it a top-tier choice for on-device AI applications.
The Pro Max Plus features the Qualcomm AI 100 PC Inference Card, making it the “world’s first mobile workstation with an enterprise-grade discrete NPU.” This NPU offers 32 AI-cores and 64GB of memory. This is enough to directly handle the type of large AI models that typically require the cloud to run.
We don’t know anything else regarding traditional specs, but we do know that this will be one of . The other models won’t be quite as focused on advanced AI applications.
Dell says this laptop is primarily intended for “AI engineers and data scientists,” and so it’s held off on announcing pricing. Given the specs, it’s likely to be way too expensive for traditional consumers. It’s coming out later this year.
The company also revealed new server designs and a new cooling system for these servers. Dell’s PowerCool Enclosed Rear Door Heat Exchanger (eRDHx) is an alternative to standard rear door heat exchangers. Dell says it captures 100 percent of heat generated via a “self-contained airflow system.” It also suggests it can reduce cooling energy costs by up to 60 percent when compared to current alternatives.