[[MSI Launches AI Edge Series Desktop, Pioneering the Next Era of Edge AI Computing](https://www.msi.com/news/detail/MSI-Launches-AI-Edge-Series-Desktop--Pioneering-the-Next-Era-of-Edge-AI-Computing-147555)]

MSI's second AI-branded mini-PC / compact desktop, announced in January 2026 and positioned for local AI inference, privacy-sensitive workloads, and creator use. The launch hardware centers on AMD's Strix Halo platform, with MSI highlighting the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 configuration.

- **Launch timing:** January 2026

- **Form factor:** 4-liter compact desktop with a built-in power supply

- **Processor:** AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395

- **Memory:** Up to 128 GB LPDDR5X-8000 unified memory

- **Graphics memory:** Up to 96 GB dynamically assignable to the GPU

- **iGPU:** Radeon 8060S with 40 compute units

- **NPU:** XDNA 2, rated at up to 50 TOPS

- **AI performance:** MSI claims up to 126 total TOPS

- **LLM claim:** About 15 TPS on models up to 120B parameters

- **Cooling:** Glacier Armor thermal solution

- **Operating system:** Windows or Linux