[ozaiworld]

Soldered memory and no x16 PCIe slot on a desktop are interesting choices. Not sure who the target market is. Seems like the interconnect between boards is also pretty slow compared to Nvidia Digits or even thunderbolt 5.

[preisschild]

Probably geared towards being a LLM workstation in a small format, similar to a Mac Studio.

[throwaway48476]

Laptop chips often only have x8.

[ThatPlayer]

Looks like the Ryzen AI Max chips do have x16: https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/laptop/ryzen/ai-3...

But you probably want M.2 slots over a single x16 slot.

[anticensor]

They could have added a 16 lane upstream, 32 lane downstream PLX switch to packet switch between those devices.

[throwaway48476]

PLX switches are too expensive for a consumer device. There's not enough competition in the PCIe switch market.

[sliken]

It's got a rtx 4070 laptop chip equivalent on chip, so most are not going to need more GPU or anything else that needs a x16 PCIe. Looks pretty nice for a small PC that's quiet, energy efficient, and don't flinch if you try to run something 3D intensive.