Microsoft and Nvidia unveil Surface Laptop Ultra with Nvidia RTX Spark for on-device AI workloads
Microsoft launched Surface Laptop Ultra (first major consumer device with Nvidia's RTX Spark platform—Grace Arm CPU + Blackwell GPU, up to 128GB unified memory, ~1 petaflop AI compute) at ~$2,600+. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang participated; Surface RTX Spark Dev Box mini-PC also previewed.
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The device marks Nvidia's expansion into Arm-based Windows PCs for local AI inference and positions Microsoft as a high-end alternative to Apple. It enables on-device 120B-parameter model execution and signals industry shift toward unified memory and developer-friendly AI hardware.
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