**Revolutionizing AI Workstations: The Rise of Custom-Built Solutions**

Revolutionizing AI Workstations: The Rise of Custom-Built Solutions The rapid advancement of generative AI has led to a surge in demand for AI workstations capable of running or training models on local hardware. However, traditional PCs have consistently fallen short of meeting these demands. Laptops, in particular, have been found to be woefully inadequate, with limited memory capacity to load large language models (LLMs) with over 8-13 billion parameters. Even the most powerful workstation PCs struggle to support LLMs with more than 70 billion parameters. In response to this challenge, innovative companies like Tenstorrent are developing custom-built AI workstations that can meet the growing demands of the AI community. The QuietBox 2, a cutting-edge AI workstation, is a prime example of this trend. Despite its PC-like appearance, the QuietBox 2 packs a powerful punch, boasting four custom Blackhole AI accelerators, 128 gigabytes of GDDR6 memory, and 256 GB of DDR5 system memory (to