Other World Computing (OWC) at Computex 2026 showcased one of its most important product launches for the year, the OWC Stack AI. It is the world's first Thunderbolt 5 AI accelerator and storage hub, designed to let users "own their AI." It expands the effective working memory of existing Windows and Linux PCs and laptops through high-speed flash storage—the inverse of a RAMdisk, a DiskRAM, if you will.

Connected via a single Thunderbolt 5 cable, this highly portable device allows users to run massive AI models, fine-tune applications, and conduct multi-turn sessions locally without crashing or experiencing slowdowns. By eliminating the need for cloud offloading, organizations ensure that confidential legal, financial, or medical data remains securely on-premises. In doing so, it counteracts per-token cloud billing, offering compounding cost savings through a single one-time purchase, as OWC tried to illustrate in its presentation. It is compatible with OpenClaw.

Other World Computing (OWC), a trusted leader in high-performance storage, memory, connectivity, software, and accessories that empower creative and business professionals to maximize performance, enhance reliability, and streamline workflows, today announced OWC Stack AI, the world's first Thunderbolt 5 AI accelerator and storage hub designed to help businesses, developers, researchers, and power users run larger AI models and workflows locally on select Windows and Linux PCs and laptops with Mac support planned for future release. OWC Stack AI will be demonstrated for the first time at COMPUTEX TAIPEI, in OWC Booth R1002, 4F, Nangang Hall 2.

Businesses today are adding more and more AI models across their operations so quickly that a lot of the hardware assets businesses already own are starting to hit a wall trying to keep up. As a result, many organizations end up stuck choosing between sending sensitive data offsite and paying ongoing cloud AI costs, or trying to run AI locally and discovering their existing hardware simply can't handle it. OWC Stack AI fixes this by expanding the amount of effective AI working memory available to existing PCs and laptops, allowing them to run much larger AI models locally than their onboard GPU memory would normally support. OWC Stack AI helps existing PCs and laptops run larger AI models locally without slowing down, crashing, or running out of GPU memory. Instead of paying ongoing cloud AI fees and sending sensitive data offsite, organizations can keep AI local with better speed, privacy, security, and cost control.