Nvidia presents first notebooks equipped with its superchip

oglobo5 September 2026 at 20:03

Nvidia, in partnership with Microsoft, revealed more details about the RTX Spark platform during the IFA 2026 technology fair, held in Berlin. The first personal computers equipped with the company's superchip began arriving on the market on that occasion, after the initial announcement made in the middle of the year.

The RTX Spark chip competes directly with Intel, AMD and Qualcomm solutions for the title of computer brain. It is a superchip designed for the era of agentic AI, which transforms the PC from a simple tool into an active personal assistant.

The RTX Spark is an SoC (System on Chip) that features a high-performance ARM central processor called Nvidia Grace, with up to 20 cores. The development of this technology was done in partnership with MediaTek.

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