WiCi One hardware verified to run large AI models via SSD

An analysis by Novel Cognition has verified claims from a sponsored YouTube video demonstrating that the WiCi One device can run a 748-billion-parameter AI model, specifically DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, using a 32 GB graphics card. The device achieves this by streaming most of the model from a solid-state drive (SSD) at a rate of approximately eight tokens per second.

The WiCi One is a Wi-Fi 7 enabled box that can be used as a remote graphics card for various devices. It is offered with either an RTX 5060 Ti for $2,599 or an RTX 5090 for $9,999.

In comparison, high-memory systems like the Mac Studio, which can be configured with up to 256 GB or 512 GB of memory, offer different performance profiles depending on whether the model is run entirely in memory or streamed from a drive.