NVIDIA DGX Spark 64GB Brings Local AI to Developer Desktops
NVIDIA announced that its DGX Spark will be available this month with 64GB of unified memory from manufacturer partners including Acer. The desktop AI system is aimed at developers running increasingly capable open models and AI agents locally rather than in the cloud.
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