Overview
- ASUS has begun taking preorders for 128GB ProArt P14 and P16 laptops and announced the compact ProArt GR1X mini PC with a planned on‑sale date of October 16, 2026.
- The new systems are built on NVIDIA’s RTX Spark platform and pair a Blackwell RTX GPU with an NVIDIA Grace CPU to deliver up to 1 PFLOP (FP4) of AI compute and up to 128GB of unified memory for on‑device model inference.
- ASUS said the ProArt P14 and P16 support developer workflows with WSL2 and native CUDA and include high‑accuracy Lumina Pro OLED displays and professional hardware aimed at creators and developers.
- Software integrations with Nous Research’s open‑source Hermes agent platform plus tools such as MuseTree, ComfyUI and Armor EdgeAI are packaged to enable local AI agents with long‑term memory, sandboxing and multi‑step automation.
- Other OEMs are following suit: Lenovo listed a YOGA Pro 15 RTX Spark model with similar unified memory and opened reservations for October 16, 2026, a trend that could lower cloud costs, keep sensitive data on device and make continuous local AI services practical for creators and small businesses.