NVIDIA "Project DIGITS" new era of Personal Computer \ stacker news ~tech

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/project-digits/

What do you think? I can't help but notice how the form factor is super similar to the new Mac Mini. Which is weird because the development time for such a project should be longer than between these two announcements. Also why are we seeing a comeback in desktops in 2024?

I can't help but feel like something is happening behind the scenes. Is this coordinated for something in the future to happen where desktops are needed again? Or a common reason instead of coordinated? Maybe this something is as simple as locally hosted chatbots. But then again: didn't desktops unambiguously move on to the iMac & Surface-Studio form factor? Is there some huge innovation in display tech just around the corner that they aren't telling us about yet? Are they planning on selling VR to the world?

I'm probably overthinking here, isn't it? On the other hand I cannot think of any reason why Nvidia would waste their time with desktop PCs now.

186 sats \ 0 replies \ @oklar 19h

If I had to make an uneducated guess, I'd say digits, as a brand, would sustain or multiply an extra dimension to Nvidia's stockprice, or earnings ledger.

That's a pretty cold, uninteresting reason for a new product line, but this wouldn't challenge the leading hardware vendors?

How many are doing system-on-a-chip and unified memory? Is it currently only apple? You could be right that there's some other factors at play, undoubtedly would be a carefullly considered move. Would supplychain and manufacturing be a part of it?

I'm sticking with my guess of financials/economics, to branch out of gpus into a direct head-to-head with apple.