Asus brochure shows PN65 mini PC, first with Meteor Lake chips

Asus is working on a new PN mini PC that has a fourteenth generation Intel CPU on board. This would make it the first mini PC with such a processor, but it is not clear whether it is a Meteor Lake CPU and which one it is.

The information comes from a brochure on Asus’ website. It contains a spec sheet with information about the PN65, which should be the successor to the current generation of Asus mini PCs. That company unveiled the PN64 and PN52 earlier this year. Those mini PCs have a Raptor Lake Core i7-13700H or 13800H laptop processor. According to the spec sheet, the new model would have an Intel 14th Gen Core processor that has a TDP of 28W.

It is not yet clear what kind of processor that will be exactly. Intel said last month that it will change the naming of Meteor Lakes. It is also not yet clear whether the fourteenth generation of SoCs will be an H, P or U model.

The PN65 has largely the same form factor and specifications as the previous PN64 model. However, working memory has changed. The new model has DDR5-5600 memory, while the previous model still had DDR5-4800. The device has two Sodimm slots for up to 64GB of RAM and two M.2 2280-PCIe 4 drives fit in the device for storage. The mini PC also has a 2.5Gbit Ethernet port and two HDMI ports. There are also two USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C and three USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports on the device. One of those USB-C ports supports DisplayPort 1.4 Alt mode.

It is not yet known what the PN65 will cost. It is also not known when that device will come onto the market.