ASUS has introduced its newest AMD-based mini-PC at CES 2025, the ExpertCenter PN54, featuring Team Red's "Krackan Point" APU for top-tier performance.
The latest mini-PC from ASUS focuses on delivering outstanding performance thanks to the efficient Krackan Point architecture.
An Asus mini-PC is a great choice if you want a device that offers not only high performance but also advanced technology and modern features. The company's newest ExpertCenter PN54 is a compact, AMD-focused machine built on AMD's latest Krackan Point architecture, which promises impressive power and efficiency well suited to this type of product. The mini-PC also comes with a rich set of connectivity features, which we'll cover in more detail below.
On the spec sheet, the ExpertCenter PN54 is equipped with the Ryzen AI 7 350 APU, an 8-core, 16-thread configuration based on the latest Zen 5 architecture. It also integrates a Radeon 860M GPU with eight RDNA 3.5 cores, providing solid graphics performance for a variety of tasks. The Krackan Point chip is well suited to everyday workloads and can even handle medium to heavy tasks, thanks to improvements in the SoC's architecture.
For memory and storage, the mini-PC has two SODIMM slots that support DDR5-5600 modules, with a maximum capacity of up to 64 GB. The ExpertCenter PN54 also has two M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4x4 SSD slots, giving users plenty of room for storage drives. Notably, it is one of the few mini-PCs on the market to support Microsoft's Copilot+ PC program, since the device not only has a dedicated Copilot button on the front but also an XDNA 2 NPU, which keeps on-device AI running smoothly.
Other notable features include support for WiFi-7 and Bluetooth 5.4, along with a USB 4 Type C port capable of delivering 100W PD. The mini-PC also has a 2W SonicMaster speaker, which is fairly rare among compact devices on the market. In terms of overall design, the ExpertCenter PN54 has a minimalist look similar to NUC systems, with no lighting or RGB options.
ASUS has not yet announced pricing or a release date for the ExpertCenter PN54. Still, it will be one of the first mini-PCs to use AMD's Krackan Point APU, so it will be interesting to see how it performs.
Source: WCCFTECH
