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Reliable performance in unreliable conditions

• Kits and boards offer the perfect combination of performance, connectivity, and reliability in a fanless, dust-resistant ruggedized chassis.
• Can withstand 0° to 50°C external ambient operating temperatures on select kits.
• Built to survive environments most PCs can't.
• Versatile mounting options to put compute where it's needed.
• Qualified for 24/7 sustained operation.

Make amazing experiences possible

Unlock unparalleled performance, connectivity, and reliability with ASUS NUC 13 Rugged kits and boards. Expertly crafted in a fanless, dust-resistant ruggedized chassis, these devices showcase the perfect synergy of power and durability. Featuring the Intel^®Processor N50 and Intel^®Atom^®processors, ASUS NUC 13 Rugged devices are tailor-made for applications that demand resilience against dust exposure, shocks, and vibration. Select kits are engineered to endure extended external ambient temperatures (0-50^°C on tall chassis), ensuring unwavering performance even in the most demanding conditions. Elevate your computing experience with the ideal blend of strength and sophistication.

Powerful performance in a small, durable footprint

Like all ASUS NUCs, the ASUS NUC 13 Rugged is a versatile platform for edge solutions with a small form factor, platform longevity, and I/O expandability. To unlock new possibilities for ASUS partners and their customers, the ASUS NUC 13 Rugged incorporates a rugged, fanless, heat-and dust-resistant design with flexible mounting options.This latest evolution of the NUC can be deployed in more places and service more challenging use cases with standout performance, self-healing*, and display capabilities.

More than a PC

This innovative ASUS NUC 13 Rugged solution transcends the traditional notion of a PC. It stands as a resilient, potent, and robust edge computing platform capable of fueling a myriad of today's critical and demanding use cases. Whether for work, home office, business, or industrial applications, the ASUS NUC 13 Rugged's versatility opens up new opportunities and possibilities for partners throughout their value chain.

ASUS NUC 13 Rugged features the Intel^®Atom^®x7425E / Intel^®Atom^®x7211E / Intel^®Processor N50, delivering robust performance. It is equipped with Intel^®UHD Graphics integrated with an IPU for enhanced graphics capabilities. The Intel^®Wi-Fi 6E AX210 comes pre-installed in the M.2 slot for most kit SKUs, complemented by external antennas on the chassis, ensuring reliable and high-speed wireless connectivity. Storage-wise, it boasts a 64 GB eMMC soldered-down and includes an M.2 2280 key M slot, providing support for PCIe x2 NVMe SSD for expanded storage options.

The Edge and IoT opportunity

Edge and IoT are growing rapidly across nearly every industry. And ASUS partners of all types are striving to develop and deploy next-generation edge solutions. To do so, they need the right edge hardware to meet customer requirements and satisfy long- term expectations.

With a purpose-built design, the ASUS NUC 13 Rugged can help you satisfy these requirements and enable key edge use cases for our partners in virtually every industry - from retail to manufacturing.

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Reliable performance in unreliable conditions

• Kits and boards offer the perfect combination of performance, connectivity, and reliability in a fanless, dust-resistant ruggedized chassis.
• Can withstand 0° to 50°C external ambient operating temperatures on select kits.
• Built to survive environments most PCs can't.
• Versatile mounting options to put compute where it's needed.
• Qualified for 24/7 sustained operation.

Make amazing experiences possible

Unlock unparalleled performance, connectivity, and reliability with ASUS NUC 13 Rugged kits and boards. Expertly crafted in a fanless, dust-resistant ruggedized chassis, these devices showcase the perfect synergy of power and durability. Featuring the Intel^®Processor N50 and Intel^®Atom^®processors, ASUS NUC 13 Rugged devices are tailor-made for applications that demand resilience against dust exposure, shocks, and vibration. Select kits are engineered to endure extended external ambient temperatures (0-50^°C on tall chassis), ensuring unwavering performance even in the most demanding conditions. Elevate your computing experience with the ideal blend of strength and sophistication.

Powerful performance in a small, durable footprint

Like all ASUS NUCs, the ASUS NUC 13 Rugged is a versatile platform for edge solutions with a small form factor, platform longevity, and I/O expandability. To unlock new possibilities for ASUS partners and their customers, the ASUS NUC 13 Rugged incorporates a rugged, fanless, heat-and dust-resistant design with flexible mounting options.This latest evolution of the NUC can be deployed in more places and service more challenging use cases with standout performance, self-healing*, and display capabilities.

More than a PC

This innovative ASUS NUC 13 Rugged solution transcends the traditional notion of a PC. It stands as a resilient, potent, and robust edge computing platform capable of fueling a myriad of today's critical and demanding use cases. Whether for work, home office, business, or industrial applications, the ASUS NUC 13 Rugged's versatility opens up new opportunities and possibilities for partners throughout their value chain.

ASUS NUC 13 Rugged features the Intel^®Atom^®x7425E / Intel^®Atom^®x7211E / Intel^®Processor N50, delivering robust performance. It is equipped with Intel^®UHD Graphics integrated with an IPU for enhanced graphics capabilities. The Intel^®Wi-Fi 6E AX210 comes pre-installed in the M.2 slot for most kit SKUs, complemented by external antennas on the chassis, ensuring reliable and high-speed wireless connectivity. Storage-wise, it boasts a 64 GB eMMC soldered-down and includes an M.2 2280 key M slot, providing support for PCIe x2 NVMe SSD for expanded storage options.

The Edge and IoT opportunity

Edge and IoT are growing rapidly across nearly every industry. And ASUS partners of all types are striving to develop and deploy next-generation edge solutions. To do so, they need the right edge hardware to meet customer requirements and satisfy long- term expectations.

With a purpose-built design, the ASUS NUC 13 Rugged can help you satisfy these requirements and enable key edge use cases for our partners in virtually every industry - from retail to manufacturing.

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Powered by AMD EPYC™ 7002 series processors

The AMD EPYC™ 7002 processor features the world's first 7nm datacenter-design and a PCI Express® 4.0-capable x86 server processor with up to 2X the performance and 4X the floating-point capability. With support for up to 64 cores, 128 threads, 8-channel DDR4 3200, 128 PCIe 4.0 lanes and up to 280 watts of max. thermal design power (TDP), this processor also includes memory and virtualization encryption features to ensure exceptional security.

PCIe 4.0 expansion

PCIe® 4.0 delivers 16 GT/s bandwidth - double the speed of PCIe 3.0 - while offering lower power consumption, better lane scalability and backwards compatibility. ASUS ESC4000A-E10 features up to eleven PCIe 4.0 slots to support a diverse array of graphics, storage and networking applications, such as HBA/RAID, NIC and InfiniBand (IB) cards.

GPU and FPGA support

ESC4000A-E10 features a powerful GPU architecture that supports up to four double-slot or eight single-slot GPUs in a 2U chassis, including NVIDIA® A100, Tesla® or Quadro®, plus features NVIDIA NVLink® Bridge to enable scaling of performance in order to meet the demands of AI and high-performance computing, and to securely run workloads in virtualization environments.

ESC4000A-E10 is also a Xilinx Alveo-qualified server to provide optimized acceleration for workloads across cloud and on-premises data centers, and for hybrid cloud environments in financial computing, machine learning, computational storage, and data search and analytics.

Flexible front panel design

ESC4000A-E10 features a flexible front panel design that allows for easy storage and network expansions and upgrades. The design offers easier accessibility of up to four NVMe SSD drives and an optional choice of OCP 3.0, a hyper M.2 adapter or HBA/RAID card via PCIe 4.0 slot for better performance and lower latency.

NVIDIA RTX server

ESC4000A-E10 is a NVIDIA RTX server validate system that deliver unprecedented performance at a fraction of the cost, space, and power requirements of traditional CPU-based solutions, from production rendering to scalable visualization systems or HPC, AI, ML, big data analytics, and at the edge deployment options.

Ultrafast connectivity for HPC applications

ESC4000A-E10 features a OCP 3.0 mezzanine card to deliver speeds of up to 200 Gbps for HPC applications that require high-bandwidth, low-latency network support for connecting multiple nodes and clusters.

Scalable storage design

To effectively manage the storage demands of growing amounts of data, ESC4000A-E10 has a dense chassis design that accommodates up to eight 3.5-inch or 2.5- inch drives, including up to four NVMe SSDs support. One onboard 22110-length M.2 SSD allows faster data transfer speeds for OS installation, and a hyper M.2 card is available to provide even greater expansion capability.

Performance Boost technology

ASUS servers feature exclusive Performance Boost technology to achieve the best server performance and agility by tuning servers to match the requirements of workloads, letting you gain greater control of your server environment. This technology improves workload throughput by maximizing processor frequency and boost power, ideal for time-sensitive applications such as financial services or data center operations. In the BIOS you can choose from pre-configured server profiles optimized for specific workloads, maximizing overall performance and reducing server-configuration time.

Powered by AMD EPYC™ 7002 series processors

The AMD EPYC™ 7002 processor features the world's first 7nm datacenter-design and a PCI Express® 4.0-capable x86 server processor with up to 2X the performance and 4X the floating-point capability. With support for up to 64 cores, 128 threads, 8-channel DDR4 3200, 128 PCIe 4.0 lanes and up to 280 watts of max. thermal design power (TDP), this processor also includes memory and virtualization encryption features to ensure exceptional security.

PCIe 4.0 expansion

PCIe® 4.0 delivers 16 GT/s bandwidth - double the speed of PCIe 3.0 - while offering lower power consumption, better lane scalability and backwards compatibility. ASUS ESC4000A-E10 features up to eleven PCIe 4.0 slots to support a diverse array of graphics, storage and networking applications, such as HBA/RAID, NIC and InfiniBand (IB) cards.

GPU and FPGA support

ESC4000A-E10 features a powerful GPU architecture that supports up to four double-slot or eight single-slot GPUs in a 2U chassis, including NVIDIA® A100, Tesla® or Quadro®, plus features NVIDIA NVLink® Bridge to enable scaling of performance in order to meet the demands of AI and high-performance computing, and to securely run workloads in virtualization environments.

ESC4000A-E10 is also a Xilinx Alveo-qualified server to provide optimized acceleration for workloads across cloud and on-premises data centers, and for hybrid cloud environments in financial computing, machine learning, computational storage, and data search and analytics.

Flexible front panel design

ESC4000A-E10 features a flexible front panel design that allows for easy storage and network expansions and upgrades. The design offers easier accessibility of up to four NVMe SSD drives and an optional choice of OCP 3.0, a hyper M.2 adapter or HBA/RAID card via PCIe 4.0 slot for better performance and lower latency.

NVIDIA RTX server

ESC4000A-E10 is a NVIDIA RTX server validate system that deliver unprecedented performance at a fraction of the cost, space, and power requirements of traditional CPU-based solutions, from production rendering to scalable visualization systems or HPC, AI, ML, big data analytics, and at the edge deployment options.

Ultrafast connectivity for HPC applications

ESC4000A-E10 features a OCP 3.0 mezzanine card to deliver speeds of up to 200 Gbps for HPC applications that require high-bandwidth, low-latency network support for connecting multiple nodes and clusters.

3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors

The latest 3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors feature core counts from 8 to 40 cores and an array of frequency and power supports, and deliver up to 40% better performance compared to the previous generations. With built-in security features, this new platform delivers outstanding performance in security including encryption, authentication and data integrity across the breadth of standards that are prevalent in networking, enterprise and the cloud.

PCIe 4.0 Ready

PCI Express® (PCIe®) 4.0 delivers 16 GT/s bandwidth, which is double the speed of PCIe 3.0, offering lower power consumption, better lane scalability and backwards compatibility. ASUS ESC4000-E10 servers are PCIe 4.0 ready to support a diverse array of graphics, storage and networking - enabling flexible scalability for demanding or increasing workloads.

GPU and FPGA support

ESC4000-E10 features a powerful GPU architecture that supports up to four double-slot or eight single-slot GPUs* in a 2U chassis, including NVIDIA® A100 or Quadro®, plus features NVIDIA NVLink® Bridge to enable scaling of performance in order to meet the demands of AI and high-performance computing, and to securely run workloads in virtualization environments.

ESC4000-E10 is also a Xilinx Alveo-qualified server to provide optimized acceleration for workloads across cloud and on-premises data centers, and for hybrid cloud environments in financial computing, machine learning, computational storage, and data search and analytics.

Flexible front panel design

ESC4000-E10 features a flexible front panel design that allows for easy storage and network expansions and upgrades. The design offers easier accessibility of up to eight NVMe SSD drives and an optional choice of OCP 3.0, a M.2 adapter or HBA/RAID card via PCIe 4.0 slot for better performance and lower latency.

Scalable storage design

To effectively manage the storage demands of growing amounts of data, ESC4000-E10 has a dense chassis design that accommodates up to eight 3.5-inch or 2.5- inch drives, including up to eight NVMe SSDs support and one onboard 2280-length M.2 SSD to allow faster data transfer speeds for OS installation.

NVIDIA-qualified server

ESC4000-E10 is a NVIDIA-qualified server system that deliver unprecedented performance at a fraction of the cost, space, and power requirements of traditional CPU-based solutions, from production rendering to scalable visualization systems or HPC, AI, ML, big data analytics, and at the edge deployment options.

OCP 3.0

ASUS ESC4000-E10 servers feature the latest OCP NIC 3.0 card with PCIe 4.0 bandwidth for a faster time-to-market network solution, delivering the speeds of up to 200 Gbps for high bandwidth and low latency. It also features a tool-less, hot-swappable design to simplify installation and serviceability.