Thunderobot Opens Pre-Orders for STATION 2L AI Workstation with Ryzen AI Max+ 395
Thunderobot has opened Chinese pre-orders for its 2-liter STATION series mini AI workstation powered by AMD's Ryzen AI Max+ 395 processor, 128GB of LPDDR5X-8000 RAM, and a 1TB SSD. Official sales begin on October 9 with promotional pricing starting at 25,499 yuan after government subsidies. By pairing 128GB of high-speed unified memory with AMD's high-performance APU in a 2L chassis, this desktop offers AI developers a compact platform to run large models locally. It underscores how next-generation high-end APUs are democratizing local AI computing without requiring traditional power-hungry GPU towers. The system features a 132W TDP thermal capability supported by 4 heat pipes and 3 fans, alongside dual 40Gbps USB-C ports, dual 10GbE RJ-45 LAN ports, and Wi-Fi 7. The underlying Ryzen AI Max+ 395 APU packs 16 'Zen 5' CPU cores and 40 RDNA 3.5 compute units.
## BACKGROUND
AMD's Ryzen AI Max 300 series processors (codenamed Strix Halo) feature unified memory architecture where CPU, GPU, and NPU share access to a single high-bandwidth LPDDR5X RAM pool. This architecture is particularly beneficial for large language model inference, as AI workloads often require tens of gigabytes of VRAM that traditional consumer GPUs struggle to provide economically.