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Sean Hollister
I guess ‘eGPU’ wasn’t sexy enough so they’re ‘AI boxes’ now.

External GPUs are rad but many need work — maybe they’ll take off now we’re throwing AI dollars at them? Gigabyte, Plugable, and newcomer Ugreen aren’t even calling them “eGPUs” anymore here at CES. Guess I can’t complain unless AI companies buy them all up.

From Gigabyte’s Aorus brand.
Plugable.
Ugreen.
A smaller Gigabyte Aorus one.
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From Gigabyte’s Aorus brand.
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