Nvidia Enters PC Market, Intel to Apple Can Get New Challengers
JAKARTA - Nvidia is starting to go deeper into the personal computer processor market. The company, which is known for its strong graphics chips and artificial intelligence, is preparing Arm-based chips for Windows laptops and desktops.
Anadolu Agency, quoted on Monday, June 1, reported that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang introduced the new N1X processor at the Computex conference in Taiwan on Monday. The chip was developed in conjunction with Microsoft and will be part of the RTX Spark supercomputer.
The product is scheduled to be available starting in the fall in Microsoft's Windows PC lineup, Dell, HP, ASUS, Lenovo, and MSI.
This move puts Nvidia directly in the face of Intel, AMD, Qualcomm, and Apple. The PC market, which has long been dominated by x86 chips, is now starting to be crowded by processors based on Arm, a chip architecture known for its power efficiency and is widely used in mobile devices.
"The reinvention of the computer is as big as the reinvention of the telephone into what we now know as the smart phone," Huang said, quoted by Anandolu Agency.
He said that agent or agentic AI would be an important part of the new generation of computers. In simple terms, this refers to AI that can carry out tasks more independently, not just answering commands.
"Microsoft and Nvidia will reinvent the PC," said Huang. He called this new line the first PC to be completely redesigned in 40 years.
Nvidia plans to release more than 30 laptops and 10 desktops with the new chips gradually.
N1X will be included in RTX Spark, which combines Nvidia's Blackwell GPU with an Arm-based CPU designed by Taiwan's MediaTek. The GPU is a chip for processing graphics and heavy computing, while the CPU is the main processing center of the computer.
The chip also carries 128 gigabytes of integrated memory and is made with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's 3 nanometer technology.
The first laptop with this chip is expected to be as thin as 14 millimeters. The market initially targets content creators, AI developers, and gamers who need a thin laptop or compact desktop.
Nvidia states that RTX Spark will be available in several price classes. Performance details will be announced closer to launch.
Huang also announced that the Vera CPU for data centers has entered full production and will be available starting in the fall. This chip is intended to support AI workloads in data centers, especially as the use of large AI models continues to increase.
"This will be our new major growth driver," Huang said. He said the CPU must perform high and energy-efficient so that data centers can increase computing power without disrupting AI processing needs.
Vera's early customers include Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceX's xAI, Dell, Oracle, and CoreWeave.