Nvidia RTX Spark Superchip and Microsoft Surface Ultra Target Creative Laptop Market
Nvidia and Microsoft jointly announced the RTX Spark system-on-a-chip and the Surface Ultra Laptop, aiming to compete with Apple's MacBooks in the high-performance creative laptop space. The RTX Spark integrates a Blackwell RTX GPU with 6,144 CUDA cores, fifth-gen Tensor Cores, and a 20-core Grace CPU co-designed with MediaTek. Microsoft's Surface Ultra features up to 128GB unified memory, a mini-LED PixelSense Ultra display with 2,000 nits peak HDR brightness, and a new thermal system with 2.5x the capacity of the Surface Laptop 7th Edition. Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen confirmed optimization of Photoshop and Premiere for RTX Spark, alongside support from Blackmagic Design, CapCut, Filmora, Blender, and Topaz Labs. RTX Spark will also appear in Asus ProArt, Dell XPS 16, HP OmniBook, Lenovo Yoga Pro, and MSI Prestige N16 laptops, all slated for fall 2026. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang called it "the new PC — the personal AI computer."
Key facts
- Nvidia RTX Spark is a new superchip combining Blackwell RTX GPU with 6,144 CUDA cores and a 20-core Grace CPU.
- Microsoft Surface Ultra is the first laptop with Nvidia Blackwell RTX GPU and up to 128GB unified memory.
- Surface Ultra has a mini-LED PixelSense Ultra display with 3:2 aspect ratio, 262 PPI, and 2,000 nits peak HDR brightness.
- New thermal system offers 2.5x the thermal capacity of Surface Laptop 7th Edition 15-inch.
- Adobe, Blackmagic Design, CapCut, Filmora, Blender, and Topaz Labs are optimizing apps for RTX Spark.
- RTX Spark will also power Asus ProArt P14/P16, Dell XPS 16, HP OmniBook, Lenovo Yoga Pro, and MSI Prestige N16 laptops.
- All RTX Spark laptops are expected to arrive in fall 2026.
- Nvidia collaborated with MediaTek on the custom CPU design for efficiency.
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Institutions
- Nvidia
- Microsoft
- MediaTek
- Adobe
- Blackmagic Design
- CapCut
- Filmora
- Blender
- Topaz Labs
- Asus
- Dell
- HP
- Lenovo
- MSI
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