NVIDIA and Microsoft tease "a new era of PC" ahead of Computex 2026

By: Anton Kratiuk | today, 11:32

NVIDIA and Microsoft posted identical "new era of PC" teasers on May 29, each hiding coordinates that map to the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center — home of Computex 2026, running June 2–5. The synchronized move points squarely at a major announcement from NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, who is keynoting on June 1. The most likely reveal: the N1 and N1X laptop chips, which would mark NVIDIA's first serious move into the consumer CPU market.

The chips

The N1X is said to pack 20 ARM cores alongside integrated Blackwell graphics — the same architecture behind NVIDIA's current GPU lineup — with 6,144 CUDA cores on board. That combination would put serious AI and graphics muscle inside a thin laptop without a discrete GPU. Dell, Lenovo, and ASUS are already confirmed as launch partners, with XPS, IdeaPad, and ProArt devices expected to arrive in late 2026.

Breaking Qualcomm's hold

Qualcomm has owned the Windows on ARM story since the Snapdragon X launched in 2024. ARM-based PCs are projected to hit 30% market share globally by 2026, per Windows Central, and NVIDIA clearly wants a slice of that growth. The N1X's GPU heritage could differentiate it for creators and gamers — two audiences Snapdragon X has struggled to fully win over. Some US tech media speculate about "Windows RTX" branding, though nothing official has surfaced.

The catch: no pricing has been confirmed. Given NVIDIA's track record with premium hardware, analysts expect the N1X laptops to land above $1,400 at launch — firmly out of budget-laptop territory. Software compatibility on Windows on ARM has also improved but remains uneven for older x86 apps and PC games, which matters if NVIDIA is pitching these as gaming machines.

Microsoft Build 2026 runs June 2–3 in San Francisco, overlapping with Computex, and is expected to add context on the Windows on ARM software side. The full picture should be clear by early June — reports Tom's Hardware.