Nvidia Unveils RTX Spark Superchip, Enters Windows Laptop Market to Challenge Intel and AMD

Nvidia Corp. is entering the Windows laptop market with a new chip aimed at challenging Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Bloomberg reports. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang unveiled the RTX Spark Superchip at the Computex trade show in Taipei on Monday, saying the product will debut this fall in laptops and desktops from Dell Technologies Inc. and Lenovo Group Ltd. Built with Taiwan's MediaTek Inc., the chip combines an Arm-based CPU with up to 20 cores and a Blackwell-generation graphics processor with 6,144 cores, manufactured by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. on its 3N process. The devices will run Microsoft Corp.'s Windows for Arm operating system. Nvidia said the first machines will target the premium segment with an emphasis on thin, lightweight designs that can handle large AI models and high-end games, with broader price points to follow.