NVIDIA's RTX Spark chip could give Windows its true Apple Silicon moment
Key takeaways
- Arm CPU cores, a powerful GPU and gobs of unified RAM?
- The MacBook Pro comparisons were immediately clear from the first batch of RTX Spark machines like the Surface Pro Ultra and ASUS's new ProArt systems.
- That's the promise of RTX Spark systems, but there are plenty of details still up in the air.
Arm CPU cores, a powerful GPU and gobs of unified RAM? That sounds familiar!
Microsoft There's a lot we still don't know about NVIDIA's RTX Spark AI chip — we're still waiting on deeper technical details and pricing for the first batch of systems — but it has a decent shot of changing the way we think of Windows PCs entirely. RTX Spark should offer the raw performance that the first batch of Copilot+ systems lacked, and it will also push Microsoft to make the Windows experience even better for Arm CPUs (something I argued was the real highlight of the whole Copilot+ initiative, more so than AI support).
With Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon chips powering low-end and mid-range Windows PCs, there's room for NVIDIA to fill the gap at the high end, delivering powerful (and likely very expensive) PCs that will appeal to memory-hungry content creators, developers and AI enthusiasts.