Is there any such thing as too much? Asus might be trying to find out with all the new gear it dropped at CES 2024.
In September, Asus acquired the Intel Next Units of Computing (NUC) lines, and now it seems like the company might be flexing a little computing muscle.
As part of the ongoing CES festivities, Asus announced a whole bunch of new tech, including new laptops, foldable and wearable displays, a mesh networking system, NUC PCs, and so much more for consumers and enterprises. And, like many other companies this year, AI is a theme among most of the devices.
Starting with the laptops, Asus announced the Zenbook Duo (2024), a dual-screen 14-inch notebook that has two OLED touchscreens and a detachable Bluetooth Keyboard. It has an Intel Core Ultra 9 processor with an AI neural processing unit (NPU), 32 GB of LPDDR5x memory, up to 2TV storage, and a Harmon Kardon-certified Dolby Atmos Audio System.
Then there’s the Asus Vivobook Pro 15 OLED and Asus Vivobook S series laptops. The Vivobook Pro OLED has processor options up to the Intel Core Ultra 9, with its AI NPU, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 GPU, 24 GB DDR5 RAM, and 2 TB of storage. The Vivobook S series are more lightweight options that come in 14-, 15.6-, and 16-inch sizes, have options for Intel Core Ultra processors with AI NPUs or AMD Ryzen 8040 Series processors (that have AMD Ryzen AI acceleration), and up to 8GB memory.
Next up is the Asus Zenbook 14 OLED with options for up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 processor with Intel Arc graphics and an AI NPU, or an AMD Ryzen 8040 Series processor with AMD RDNA 3 Graphics and the Ryzen AI capabilities. This laptop weighs just over 2.5 pounds, is 14.9 mm thick, and has a 75 Wh battery making it super portable. There’s also a 13.3-inch version of this called the Zenbook S13 OLED.
Ultracompact PCs, powered by the Asus/Intel NUC integration, also made an appearance, including the Intel NUC 14 Pro series and several additional enterprise-level options. The NUC 14 Pro series includes the Nuc 14 Pro and the NUC 14 Pro+, both powered by Intel NUC. The 14 Pro measures just 4×4 inches, while the 14 Pro+ is 5×4 inches. Both can be outfitted with up to Intel Core Ultra 9 processors, have dual-channel DDR5 support up to 5600 MHz, and have memory capacities up to 96 GB.
The company’s new displays are equally impressive, with the Asus ZenScreen FOLD OLED MQ17QH and the Asus AirVision M1 wearable display taking center stage. The Asus ZenScreen FOLD OLED MQ17QH is a 17.3-inch QHD folding display with a 9.7 mm profile when unfolded, which means it’s also portable. But that portability doesn’t sacrifice performance since the monitor offers DisplayHDR True Black 500 and has mini HDMI, dual USB-C ports, and an adaptable tripod mounting system.
The Asus AirVision M1 wearable display is a computer monitor you wear on your face like glasses. It is an FHD (1920 x 1080) Micro OLED display with an 1100 nits brightness. You can pin the screen at a specific location and can have multiple virtual screens in 16:9, 21:9, and 32:9 formats. For control, there’s a touchpad on the left temple. The glasses offer blue-light and flicker reduction and have noise-cancellation microphones and speakers built in.
Finally (at least for our coverage), there’s the ZenWiFi BQ16 and ZenWiFi BQ16 Pro mesh routers. These are quad-band Wi-Fi 6E and Wi-Fi 7 mesh networking systems with speeds up to 30000 Mbps (The ZenWiFi BQ16 Pro is a 10-gigabit network-ready option). They also include a Smart Home Master feature accessible through the Asus router mobile app.
Several other new gadgets were also announced, most targeted at the enterprise, though none seemed to include pricing and availability details.
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