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Minisforum introduces MS-03 and M2 Pro AI mini PCs, and S5 and N5 Max NAS devices with powerful AI NPU performance

The Minisforum MS-03S workstation SFF PC comes integrates an Intel Pantherlake-H CPU with a 50 TOPS NPU.
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The Minisforum MS-03S workstation SFF PC comes integrates an Intel Pantherlake-H CPU with a 50 TOPS NPU.
Minisforum has announced four new products capable of running AI locally. The MS-03 and M2 Pro mini PCs are powered by Intel Panther Lake CPUs, which provide up to 50 TOPS and 180 TOPS of AI compute power respectively, while the fanless S5 and N5 Max NASs provide up to 33 TOPS and 126 TOPS respectively.
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Minisforum has announced four devices capable of running local AI apps at Computex 2026 – the M2 Pro and MS-03 mini PCs and the S5 and N5 Max NASs.

MS-03

The MS-03 updates the previous MS-01 model with faster Intel Panther Lake CPUs paired with DDR5 7200 RAM, two M.2 2280 NVMe SSD slots, and WiFi 7. Its NPU provides up to 50 TOPS of AI compute power. It has one 2.5G LAN jack, one 10G LAN jack, an HDMI 2.1 port with FRL support, five USB-A ports, two USB-C ports, two SFP+ ports, and a 3.5 mm headphone jack.

M2 Pro mini workstation PC.
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M2 Pro mini workstation PC.

M2 PRO

The M2 Pro is powered by Intel Panther Lake CPUs capable of providing up to 180 TOPS of AI performance thanks to its fast Xe3 integrated GPU and up to 128 GB of LPDDR5X 8533 RAM. An external GPU (eGPU) can be added to increase AI compute power through the OCuLink port. Large AI models can be stored in up to three M.2 2280 SSDs.

Uniquely, the M2 Pro has a Microsoft Copilot button and microphone on the front panel, giving users quick access to the chatbot. It has three USB-A ports, three USB4 ports, one HDMI port, one DP port, one 2.5G LAN jack, one 10G LAN jack, an SD card slot, a 3.5 mm headphone jack, and a security cable slot. The metal body M2 Pro can be VESA mounted on the back of monitors.

N5 Max NAS.
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N5 Max NAS.

N5 MAX NAS

The N5 Max NAS is powered by a 16C/32T AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 CPU running MinisCloud, Windows 11 Pro, or Linux OS, coupled with 64 GB of LPDDR5x 8533 RAM and a 128 GB system disk installed in one of the five M.2 2280 NVMe storage slots (8TB each). The NAS has five 3.5” SATA hard drive bays (32 TB each), giving the NAS a maximum storage capacity of 200 TB. Besides five cooling fans, the NAS also has one HDMI 2.1 FRL port, three USB4 ports, three USB-A ports, two 10 GbE LAN jacks, and a security cable slot.

The combination of 126 TOPS of AI compute power along with MinisOpenClaw software enables owners to run a local AI assistant free of recurring costs. Advanced AI-powered file features such as semantic search will be added by the end of 2026.

The fanless S5 NAS holds up to 5 M.2 SSDs.
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The fanless S5 NAS holds up to 5 M.2 SSDs.

S5 NAS

The S5 All-Flash NAS was previously launched in Xiamen during a joint Minisforum and Intel event. The NAS is powered by an Intel Core 300 CPU running MinisCloud OS, paired with 12 GB of LPDDR5X 7500 RAM, 64 GB of UFS 2.2 storage, and up to five M.2 2280 NVME solid state drives (8 TB each). It has two USB-A ports, two USB4 ports, one 2.5G LAN jack, one 10G LAN jack, one HDMI port, and a security cable slot. The unit can also be networked using WiFi7 and Bluetooth 6 connectivity. The fanless unit provides 24 to 33 TOPS of AI compute power.

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David Chien, 2026-06- 2 (Update: 2026-06- 2)