Dell unveils AI PCs with Nvidia GPUs for AI model testing

Desktop prototyping makes it easy to determine the size and performance of AI models, according to Terwilliger. “Once you right size it for the data set, then it’s appropriate to then scale it into the data center,” he said.

Some Dell customers need a secure test environment where they can tune some of their own data, said Matt Toolan, a Dell spokesman. For example, customers have tested different digital assistants to determine whether chat capabilities and responses were meaningful and on target, Toolan said.

Anshel Sag, principal analyst at Moor Insights and Strategy, was skeptical about Dell’s claim of using Pro Max PCs to scale AI models to data centers.