Nvidia unveils its first system-on-chip for Windows PCs at Computex 2026, marking a historic shift from Intel and AMD dominance. The N1X chip will act as the main processor, offering high-end graphics without a discrete GPU, with devices expected from Dell, HP, Microsoft and others.
For decades, every Windows PC has run on either Intel or AMD silicon. That era ends right here. Nvidia unveiled its first laptop chips designed to power Windows PCs at Computex 2026 in Taipei. The N1X, a system-on-chip, is said to pack 20 CPU cores alongside Blackwell graphics with 6,144 CUDA cores, delivering RTX 5070-class graphics performance without a discrete GPU. It is also reported to support up to 128GB of unified LPDDR5X memory. Nvidia alsointroduced the RTX Spark PC chip developed with MediaTek
What makes this a historic shift?
Nvidia's chips will serve as the main processor inside Windows laptops, not a co-processor. Windows PCs have never shipped with Nvidia silicon in this role before.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivered the opening keynote at Computex at the Taipei Music Center, with Nvidia and Microsoft jointly teasing 'A new era of PC', complete with GPS coordinates pointing directly to the venue. The two-hour keynote covered AI, PCs, and robotics, with the N1X taking centre stage. Huang said that a joint keynote with Microsoft's Satya Nadella tomorrow, will offer more details on the partnership.
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