NVIDIA's RTX Spark Is Good For Windows, Even If You Don't Need Local AI
Windows PCs may finally catch up to Apple Silicon.
Devindra Hardawar for Engadget
Last week, I spent two days hearing how Microsoft and NVIDIA are "reinventing the PC" with RTX Spark, the new system-on-a-chip powering the Surface Laptop Ultra and several other Windows PCs this fall. It's the first time we've seen powerful Arm CPUs joined together with NVIDIA's Blackwell GPU technology and up to 128GB of ultra-fast unified memory on a single chip. Theoretically, RTX Spark should allow for thin-yet-powerful laptops (and a few small desktops) that can handle AI tasks locally, as well as tackling content creation and gaming. So sure, I suppose NVIDIA and Microsoft have a reason to gloat a bit.
But, just like the launch of Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ systems two years ago, it was hard to ignore the elephant in the room: RTX Spark is clearly a response to Apple Siliconand the transformational changes...
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