Overview
The ASUS ExpertCenter Pro ET900N G3 represents an elite, high-density AI workstation architecture centered on the NVIDIA GB300 Grace Blackwell Ultra Desktop Superchip. This platform fuses a 72-core Arm Neoverse V2 Grace processor with a Blackwell Ultra B300 GPU across a 900 GB/s bidirectional NVLink-C2C interconnect, yielding up to 20 PFLOPS of NVFP4 computing throughput. The memory subsystem is unified into a 748GB coherent memory pool, pairing 252GB of high-bandwidth HBM3e at 7.1 TB/s with 496GB of LPDDR5X across four SOCAMM modules. System expansion is aggressively forward-looking, provisioning dual PCIe 6.0 x4 M.2 storage slots alongside dual 400GbE QSFP112 ports driven by an integrated NVIDIA ConnectX-8 SuperNIC.
Constructed for demanding deskside and laboratory deployments, the workstation utilizes a rigid reinforced chassis equipped with integrated dual top carry handles to assist with transport and positioning. Thermal management for high-throughput networking is reinforced by a dedicated directional fan focused directly on the ConnectX-8 optical transceiver cages to mitigate heat buildup during peak data ingest. Power delivery is anchored by an industrial-tier 1600W 80 PLUS Titanium power supply, while detailed internal acoustic dampening and acoustic noise emissions remain pending empirical laboratory testing on final retail production units.
In operational workflows, the ET900N G3 prioritizes enterprise-grade data integrity and platform management out of the box, incorporating mirrored RAID 1 NVMe boot storage and out-of-band Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) networking. Dedicated remote monitoring routines isolate system health from host workloads, streamlining administration across multi-node clusters. For researchers, data scientists, and engineering teams training and deploying frontier models locally, the ET900N G3 delivers datacenter-grade throughput directly to an on-premise deskside footprint.
Technical Specifications
| Superchip | NVIDIA GB300 Grace Blackwell Ultra Desktop Superchip |
| Cpu Architecture | NVIDIA Grace (72 Arm Neoverse V2 cores) |
| Gpu Architecture | NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra B300 (up to 20 PFLOPS NVFP4) |
| Interconnect | Bidirectional NVLink-C2C (900 GB/s) |
| Total Coherent Memory | 748 GB |
| Gpu Memory | 252 GB HBM3e (7.1 TB/s) |
| System Memory | 496 GB LPDDR5X (396 GB/s, 4x SOCAMM) |
| Boot Storage | 2x 2TB NVMe PCIe 5.0 x4 (RAID 1) |
| Expansion Storage | 2x M.2 2280 PCIe 6.0 x4 (Key M) |
| Supernic | NVIDIA ConnectX-8 (2x QSFP112 400GbE) |
| Ethernet Connectivity | 1x Marvell 10GbE, 1x Realtek 1GbE (BMC) |
| Pcie Expansion | 1x PCIe 5.0 x16, 2x PCIe 5.0 x16 (x8 electrical) |
| Add In Gpu Support | Up to one NVIDIA RTX PRO Blackwell card |
| Front Io | 2x USB 10Gbps Type-C, 2x USB 10Gbps Type-A, 1x USB 2.0, Headphone and Microphone Jacks |
| Power Supply | 1600W 80 PLUS Titanium |
| Cooling Features | Dedicated active fan for ConnectX-8 optical cages |
| Chassis Features | Dual integrated top carry handles |
- Unrivaled desktop AI compute delivering up to 20 PFLOPS NVFP4 via NVIDIA GB300 Grace Blackwell Ultra
- Massive 748GB unified coherent memory architecture with 900 GB/s NVLink-C2C interconnect
- Dual 400GbE ConnectX-8 networking with dedicated active cooling for optical transceivers
- Enterprise-grade 1600W 80 PLUS Titanium power supply and mirrored RAID 1 NVMe boot array
- Unified superchip design inherently precludes modular CPU or GPU socket upgrades
- 1600W power draw and heavy compute workload require dedicated high-capacity circuit planning
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