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Have you heard? Nvidia is "reinventing" the PC with Microsoft, launching its own lineup of laptops, desktops, and workstations called RTX Spark, using Windows on Arm. Moreover, we know that the company has plans for the new platform until at least 2030.
On a slide behind Jensen Huang during his GTC speech at Computex, we can see the RTX Spark platform is set to launch with each new architecture from the company: Grace Blackwell in 2026, Vera Rubin in 2027/28, and Feynman in 2030.
The Blackwell RTX Spark includes 6144 GPU cores, 20 Grace CPU cores, and up to 128 GB of unified LPDDR5X memory. That's all together on a single package. All we know about the Vera Rubin RTX Spark is that it will include LPDDR6 memory. Nothing else is noted for the Feynman chip beyond the name.
Huang announced Vera Rubin is now in full production at the show. Though he's talking about the datacentre chips, rather than any new gaming cards just yet.
Though surely the release of RTX Spark chips with Vera Rubin in 2028 and Feynman in 2030 gives us a decent idea of when we can expect new RTX graphics cards. The upcoming RTX Spark uses the Blackwell RTX architecture, so presumably future generations will do the same. The RTX Spark chips may well launch later than the cards themselves, so presumably these dates are the latest launch we can expect, but perhaps that's wishful thinking in today's climate.
"This is a brand new product family for us, every single generation of architecture, we will have a desktop, a laptop, a workstation, and then a desktop, a laptop, and workstation. And the thing that I'm just incredibly pleased, incredibly honored is that 100% of the world's PC industry has joined us to reinvent the PC, a new line, a new beginning."
"This is the first completely re-engineered, reinvented line of PCs that has happened in 40 years," Huang says, laying it on thick. Qualcomm and Apple have also some claim to shaking things up in recent years, it must be said.
Though the RTX Spark does look intriguing, if not simply for Huang's comments during the show about gaming on RTX Spark.
"I've got to show you the most beautiful part, which is videogames. It is also the closest to our heart," Huang says, holding up two laptops. One is playing 007 First Light and the other Forza Horizon 6.
Nvidia also displayed a single claim for gaming performance, with Forza Horizon on-screen and "100 FPS 1440p gaming. Ray Tracing and DLSS" next to it. That's thin gruel to go off right now, and there are still plenty of questions about emulation and how well that works, but we'll find out more soon, as the platform is set to launch in the fall.
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