Nvidia Launches RTX Spark with Microsoft, Redefining PC in 40 Years

According to Beating News, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang officially announced the RTX Spark SoC series at GTC Taipei 2026, stating that Nvidia's partnership with Microsoft marks "the first redefinition of the personal computer in 40 years." The chip employs TSMC's 3nm process with a dual-chiplet design: a MediaTek-designed Arm CPU with up to 20 cores (10 Cortex-X925 performance cores plus 10 Cortex-A725 efficiency cores) paired with a Blackwell-architecture RTX GPU delivering up to 1 PFLOP of AI performance with 6,144 CUDA cores. The system features 128GB of unified LPDDR5X memory shared between CPU and GPU.

Huang compared the shift to Windows 95's transformation of PCs, positioning the new operating system as traditional OS plus large language models, with LLMs serving as the "modern DirectX." Huang revealed that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella will jointly showcase further details tomorrow. First RTX Spark-equipped notebooks and compact computers are expected to launch in fall 2026, with partners including Dell, Asus, Lenovo, and Microsoft.