Xiaomi AI Cube — 80GB unified-memory box running 120B models locally

Apple just announced its new Mac Mini, but Xiaomi just showed a computer with more unified memory that can run a 120 billion parameter AI model locally. And one of the chips inside it was originally built for a car. I'm Giga Chen, I do business in China, and I like to share the information you're less likely to hear, because this could mean a different future for personal computers. This is the Xiaomi AI Cube, and the computer itself might be the least interesting part. The brand new M6 Mac Mini tops out at about 32 gigabytes of unified memory. The more powerful M5 Pro version goes up to 64. Those are good numbers, but Xiaomi put 80 gigabytes inside their prototype. They say they've already deployed two AI models directly on the machine. One has 3 billion parameters, the other 120 billion. We're talking strong performance without sending every request to a giant data center somewhere. Here's where this gets really interesting. Xiaomi built the computer around three chips it designed itself. The X-Ring 03 is its new flagship processor for mobile devices. The O100 is a high bandwidth chip built specifically to accelerate AI. And the D100 is a 3 nanometer AI chip designed for intelligent driving. So you've got a phone chip, an AI chip, and a car chip all inside the same computer. But it's still a prototype. No price, no release date. No independent benchmarks. We kind of need those. But if you've been listening closely, there's a story in here bigger than the AI cube. Xiaomi…