Perplexity and Nvidia launch "Portable Computer," a local AI agent for Nvidia GPUs
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Perplexity and Nvidia launch local Portable Computer platformThe app runs on Linux systems with Nvidia RTX GPUs and at least 24GB of VRAM; Windows support is reportedly due in September.
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- Some complex tasks may require access to more powerful online models, and the app asks for consent before sending data to the cloud.
- Portable Computer comprises an agent harness, an orchestrator, and the local Qwen 3.8 and PPLX models, each scaling to 27 billion parameters, while support for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is planned.
- On Perplexity’s internal Local Knowledge Work Bench, Qwen 3.8 27B on a DGX Spark reached 82.6 percent accuracy using 520,000 tokens across 53 tasks, while PPLX 27B scored 85.4 percent using 678,000 tokens.
- The service is available to Pro, Max, and Enterprise subscribers on DGX Spark and to Linux PCs with Nvidia RTX GPUs and at least 24GB of VRAM, while Windows support is reportedly expected in September.
Local AI has reached an inflection point.— Nader Khalil, Nvidia's Director of Developer Technologies, at a press conference discussing Portable Computer.
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