NVIDIA and MediaTek Unveil RTX Spark PC Superchip
NVIDIA officially entered the PC processor market by unveiling the RTX Spark 'superchip' at GTC Taipei 2026. The chip, co-designed with MediaTek and manufactured on TSMC's 3nm process, integrates NVIDIA's Blackwell GPU architecture with an Arm-based CPU to power a new class of Windows AI PCs arriving in fall 2026.
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NVIDIA announced the RTX Spark, a superchip designed to power Windows-based personal computers, at Computex/GTC Taipei 2026.
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The RTX Spark was co-designed with MediaTek, who contributed to the custom Arm-based CPU design.
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The chip features an NVIDIA Blackwell-architecture GPU with 6,144 CUDA cores and a 20-core NVIDIA Grace CPU.
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NVIDIA is collaborating with Microsoft to integrate on-device AI agents and security primitives into Windows for the RTX Spark platform.
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The flagship configuration includes up to 128GB of unified memory with a 600 GB/s NVLink-C2C interconnect.
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Laptops and desktop systems featuring the RTX Spark are scheduled for release in fall 2026 from partners including ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo, and MSI.
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The RTX Spark superchip is manufactured using TSMC's 3nm process technology.
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Adobe is rearchitecting Photoshop and Premiere to support the RTX Spark architecture for enhanced AI and graphics performance.
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Lower-end variants of the chip will be produced, with some configurations featuring 16GB of RAM.
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NVIDIA claims the RTX Spark provides 1 petaflop of AI performance using FP4 precision.