Nvidia has officially entered the PC processor market with the launch of its RTX Spark superchip, a groundbreaking Arm-based platform designed to run advanced AI agents locally on laptops and desktop computers . Announced Monday at the GTC Taipei conference during Computex 2026, the chip marks what Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang called the most significant reinvention of personal computing since Windows 95 .
The RTX Spark superchip integrates a 20-core Nvidia Grace CPU with a Blackwell RTX GPU featuring 6,144 CUDA cores, unified memory of up to 128GB, and delivers 1 petaflop of AI performance . Developed in collaboration with MediaTek using TSMC's 3nm process, the chip enables Windows PCs to run large language models with up to 120 billion parameters locally, edit 12K video, render 90GB 3D scenes, and play AAA games at 1440p resolution with ray tracing .
"This is the new PC. The personal AI computer," Huang said during his keynote . "For forty years, you launched apps. Click. Type. With RTX Spark and Microsoft Windows, you ask—and the PC does the work."
The announcement represents a direct challenge to Intel and AMD, who have long dominated the PC processor market, as well as Apple's M-series chips. Nvidia shares rose nearly 4% following the announcement, while Intel and AMD both fell more than 3% .
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella described the collaboration as a breakthrough toward "unmetered intelligence to every home and every desk with Windows" . The platform will feature new Windows security primitives and Nvidia's OpenShell runtime to enable secure, private operation of on-device AI agents such as Hermes Agent and OpenClaw .
Major PC Makers on Board
RTX Spark-powered laptops and compact desktops will begin shipping this fall from ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Microsoft Surface, and MSI, with Acer and Gigabyte models following . Confirmed models include the Dell XPS 16, HP OmniBook series, Lenovo Yoga Pro 9n, and Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra . Adobe is rearchitecting Photoshop and Premiere Pro from the ground up for the platform, promising up to 2x faster AI and graphics performance .
Why this matters
Nvidia's entry into the PC market signals a fundamental shift in computing, as AI workloads move from cloud data centers to local devices . The RTX Spark platform could create a new premium tier above mainstream AI PCs, with analysts expecting systems to cost more than $2,000 . While enterprise adoption may initially focus on developers and power users, the move positions Nvidia to define the architecture of AI-native computing, potentially reshaping a PC market where growth has been uneven . The company's Vera CPU for data centers, also announced at Computex, is already in production with early customers including OpenAI, Anthropic, and SpaceX .
