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Framework Presents AI Mini PC Cluster and Customizable Laptops at Computex 2025

At Computex 2025 in Taipei, Framework Computer highlighted the growing importance of compact, serviceable hardware by unveiling an AI cluster built entirely from its new Framework Desktop mini PCs. Each 4.5-liter unit is equipped with an AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 processor, which combines 16 Zen 5 cores running up to 5.1 GHz and a Radeon 8060S graphics engine with up to 128 GB of unified LPDDR5x memory. In a striking demonstration, four of these desktops were mounted side by side in a 10-inch half-rack enclosure, creating a scalable cluster that delivers up to 200 TOPS of on-device AI performance from the XDNA 2 NPUs alone, before the 8060S comes into play. The rack features integrated Wi-Fi 7 and 5 GbE networking, while its modular expansion card slots allow users to tailor ports to their exact needs. By packaging powerful inference capability into a compact, repairable chassis with efficient cooling and low power draw, Framework is making it simpler for research labs, small businesses, and edge-computing enthusiasts to deploy AI solutions outside traditional data centers.
Alongside its desktop cluster, Framework showed off the fifth-generation Framework Laptop 13, which now offers AMD's Ryzen AI 300 "Strix Point" series processors alongside the previously available Intel Core Ultra options. The laptop supports up to 96 GB of DDR5 memory, and buyers can choose an optional 120 Hz 2.8 K LCD panel. True to the company's ethos, every component from the mainboard to the I/O modules can be upgraded or replaced by end users, helping to extend device lifespans and reduce electronic waste. Available configurations range from Ryzen 5 to the high-end Ryzen 9 HX 370, and customers may customize bezel color, port modules and storage capacity. With pricing starting at USD 899 for a DIY mainboard kit and USD 1099 for a fully assembled unit, the Framework Laptop 13 combines on-device AI readiness with a future-proof, user-centric design. Framework also showed touchscreen pens, available in multiple colors.
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26 Comments on Framework Presents AI Mini PC Cluster and Customizable Laptops at Computex 2025

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yfn_ratchetHeavy amounts of technicality. Is it the fastest mobile processor available in a desktop form factor? Sure, though necessary caveat, the Framework Desktop/ITX Mainboard is still in the pre-order phase. I will go out on a limb here and say that other companies, like Minisforum, will also have something in the works for a Strix Halo motherboard.

To think that they are notable for being the first to advertise a Strix Halo board, and to extend faith here and assume no one will beat them to the punch, deliver a Strix Halo board in a desktop form factor, is offering them far too much credit. If their achievement withers with time, it is not an achievement. Nevermind all of the compromises made to their own mission statement to reach this point.
As far as I can tell, Framework is the only company to have presented its ITX mobo, demonstrated it to journalists, and opened orders.
This puts them beyond other companies such as Minisforum, which potentially have similar prototypes in their workshops, but haven't peeped a word about it.

So you may well dispute the timing (mass shipping hasn't yet started) - but your initial post wasn't about timing per se, you were rather downplaying the role of a Strix Halo APU brought to desktops. Putting it on a standard PC motherboard isn't "nothing new", it's an actual innovation - no matter small it might sound.
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