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QNAP Blends Old CPU with New GPU for Edge AI

QNAP is pushing a new breed of AI NAS, but it's a curious marriage of cutting-edge GPU power and decidedly dated silicon. The company's latest QAI-h1290FX unit is designed for on-prem Large Language Model (LLM) work, and it's got the GPU chops for the job. The question, however, is whether the rest of the package keeps pace.

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