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Morning Edition · Tuesday, August 25, 2026Published at 2:26 AM EDT · New York
Xiaomi Shows a 150-Watt Desktop That Runs 120-Billion-Parameter Models on Three In-House Chips
The AI Cube prototype pairs the Xring O3, O100 and D100 with up to 160 gigabytes of unified memory and 1.22 terabytes per second of near-memory bandwidth.
Xiaomi presented an engineering prototype it calls the AI Cube, a compact desktop built to run large models locally on three of its own chips. A Russian-language technical channel summarizing the launch describes the machine as running a 12…
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