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We’re back on the ground in Taipei, Taiwan, for another Computex. We have half a dozen boots on the ground tasked with getting you in-person, hands-on pictures, video, and commentary on all the latest and greatest hardware coming to market. Of course, artificial intelligence (AI) is an ever-present at the show (as it has been in years past), and seems to be invading even more product categories. For even more coverage, you can always check out our dedicated Computex 2026 hub.Nvidia sets its sights on Apple’s M5 with RTX SparkA new player is entering the Windows on Arm market to take on the likes of Qualcomm. Over the weekend, Nvidia announced the RTX Spark Superchip, a powerful new Arm platform designed to transform Windows 11 into an agentic AI operating system.At its heart are 20 Arm CPU cores, 128GB of LPDDR5x RAM with 300 GBps of memory bandwidth, and a Blackwell-class GPU with 6,144 CUDA cores. Nvidia is targeting 1 petaflop of AI compute with the RTX Spark Superchip. Nvidia’s entry into this segment is so monumental that even Intel is taking the threat seriously.
(Image credit: Nvidia)Microsoft is among the first companies to adopt the RTX Spark Superchip, having announced the Surface Laptop Ultra. This new premium laptop, which seems aimed at Apple’s MacBook Pro family, wraps a 15-inch laptop around the RTX Spark Superchip. The laptop’s Mini LED display features a 2880 x 1920 resolution and offers 2,000-nit peak brightness. Given that the Surface Laptop Ultra is targeting the professional market, it also comes packing a wealth of ports, including HDMI, USB-C, USB-A, and an SD reader.Nvidia lays out RTX Spark roadmap for laptops and desktop PCs at Computex 2026Nvidia unveils RTX Spark Superchip for laptops and desktop PCs at Computex 2026Nvidia's new RTX Spark chip will bring popular anti-cheat software natively to Windows-on-ArmIntel warns it has 'a healthy dose of paranoia' over Nvidia entrance into PC marketNvidia's new RTX Spark chip will bring popular anti-cheat software natively to Windows-on-ArmMicrosoft Surface Laptop Ultra weilds Nvidia's RTX Spark superchip with 128GB of RAM, 20 Arm CPU cores, and a Blackwell GPUIntel and AMD lay out their plans for future CPU platforms, AMD confirms continued AM5 support“Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.” Intel won’t allow AMD to dominate the data center market, hence the arrival of Xeon 6+. Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest) is built on Intel’s 18A node and is compatible with existing LGA 7529 socket platforms.In its most potent form, the Xeon 6990E+ features 288 Darkmont cores with 576 MB of L3 cache and is aimed squarely at AMD’s 192-core Epyc 9965 (Intel claims that the 6990E+ offers a 30 percent uplift in performance per thread over its AMD rival).
