Nvidia has announced its first chip called RTX Spark, which is expected to be available this fall. This chip will be based on ARM architecture and intended for laptops and desktops. This way, we would get quite powerful computers, while also being more energy-efficient than traditional architecture.
Unfortunately, the company does not have a license to produce x86 processors and has been testing ARM architecture for years on mobile phones, tablets, consoles, and similar devices, with the most well-known console featuring Nvidia's Tegra chip being the Nintendo Switch. The strongest version of Spark will have a 20-core processor (developed in collaboration with MediaTek), RTX graphics of Blackwell architecture (similar to RTX 5070 cards for laptops), and 128 gigabytes of unified memory (LPDDR5X).
What interests gamers is what they will be able to do with the help of RTX Spark, and Nvidia states: that Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will run at 100 fps at 1440p resolution on a laptop whose battery will last longer than 15 minutes. Spark will also utilize other technologies such as DLSS, Reflex, G-Sync, and others.
RTX Spark will use an emulation layer (called Prism) within Windows for existing titles, which has been around for several years, and Microsoft is diligently working on optimizing Windows for ARM, with Nvidia expected to be a significant boost. Nvidia has also already begun collaborating with studios that use Easy Anti-Cheat, BattleEye, and Denuvo protections, so in the future, we will have support for League of Legends, Valorant, and PUBG: Battlegrounds, with plans for collaboration with others (Xbox, Capcom, Konami, SEGA, CD Projekt RED, Remedy Entertainment, Saber Interactive, Wargaming.net, Warhorse Studios).
Laptops with RTX Spark will appear this fall, and among the manufacturers will be: ASUS, DELL, HP, Lenovo, MSI, and Microsoft, while desktop computers will be made by: Acer, Gigabyte, MSI, Lenovo, HP, DELL, and ASUS.
