This is Intel's first Core Ultra 9-powered Copilot Plus small PC.

The Asus NUC 14 Pro AI, which packs an Intel Core Ultra 9 processor into a form factor resembling a black M4 Mac tiny, is the first AI tiny PC with Copilot Plus compatibility. Asus is giving a little more information ab
out the specifications of the little PC than it did when it was first unveiled at IFA in September, but it hasn't yet disclosed when it will be available or how much it will cost.

The Core Ultra 5 226V processor with 16GB of integrated RAM and the Core Ultra 9 288V processor with 32GB of RAM are the two CPU options available for the NUC 14 Pro AI. The business claims that their M.2 2280 PCIe Gen 4 x 4 slot supports 256GB to 2TB NVMe SSDs and that it can achieve up to 67 TOPS of GPU performance and 48 TOPS of NPU performance.

In comparison, the Mac Mini is 127mm deep and wide and 50mm tall, while the PC is 130mm deep and wide and only 34mm tall. These images are taken from the Asus website:

For voice commands to Microsoft's AI assistant, the Asus NUC 14 Pro AI has a Copilot button on the front and a fingerprint sensor on top. Two USB-A ports, a Thunderbolt 4 port, a headphone jack, and a power button are all included on the front. A 2.5Gbps Ethernet jack, an additional Thunderbolt 4 port, two additional USB-A connections, and an HDMI port are located around the back. It has Bluetooth 5.4 and Wi-Fi 7 for connectivity.

The NUC 14 Pro AI's release date and price have not yet been announced by Asus.