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Nvidia might do for desktop AI what it did for desktop gaming

At CES this year, the company's usual host of announcements included a home AI 'supercomputer' that could unlock 'on prem' super intelligence for everyone

There are many exciting things about Project Digits, including the fact that two can be paired to offer 405 billion-parameter model support for ‘just’ $6,000 (again, sounds like a lot, but tiny compared to what has previously been available), and its ability to play nice with both Windows and Mac – as well as to operate independently using its built-in Linux-based DGX OS. These could fit neatly with different parameter-sizing in terms of model support, and NVIDIA has a well-established playbook when it comes to working with licensed hardware partners to co-brand and distribute this kind of product lineup. Most of the paradigms we’ve seen so far either focus on A) simple, cloud-based products like ChatGPT and Claude or B) more complex, specialist-only implementations like local installations of Stable Diffusion, Meta’s Llama or similar.

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