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Lenovo unveiled the SFF RTX Spark mini PC, built on Nvidia’s RTX Spark platform, offering up to 128 GB RAM, 300 GB/s memory bandwidth, and up to 1 PFLOP of AI performance with 12K video editing capabilities, but it relies on rear-mounted I/O (USB-C PD, two USB-C 20Gbps, HDMI, 10 Gb LAN) and has no front ports, with pricing and availability not announced yet.
This week’s technology roundup centers on a leaked image and cooling rumors for Apple’s first foldable iPhone, Nvidia’s RTX Spark AI/gaming platform, and a wave of new or refreshed devices including Motorola Edge (2026) and Edge 70 Pro, Huawei nova 16 Ultra, and Oppo Find X9 Ultra, with additional rumors about iPhone 18 Pro battery variants and new Poco X8 Pro colors.
NVIDIA unveiled RTX Spark, its first Windows client SoC, pairing a 20-core Grace ARM CPU with a Blackwell GPU and 128 GB of Unified memory, and put it through hands-on demos on a range of OEM laptops and mini PCs from Dell, ASUS, HP, Lenovo, MSI, and Microsoft at Computex. The devices showcase AI capabilities, content creation workloads (Solidworks, Blender, Unreal Engine), and select gaming with DLSS 4.5/Frame Gen; platforms include the Dell XPS 16 Creator Edition, ASUS ProArt laptops, HP OmniBook Ultra/X, Lenovo Yoga Pro 9n, MSI Prestige N16 Flip AI+, and the Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra, plus several RTX Spark Mini PCs. NVIDIA also teased Windows on Arm scheduler improvements for WoA 26H1 ahead of a fall launch.
Tom’s Guide tested Nvidia’s RTX Spark laptops launching this fall and ranked eight premium notebooks, placing the Surface Laptop Ultra and Asus ProArt P14 in S-Tier for standout build quality and features (including a groundbreaking haptic touchpad and OLED display, respectively). The MSI Prestige Flip N16 AI+, Asus ProArt P16 and HP Omnibook X14 land in A-Tier, while HP Omnibook 16 Ultra, Lenovo Yoga Pro 9N and Dell XPS 16 Creator Edition sit in B-Tier. Nvidia notes Spark is the top-tier chip in a broader family and prices could be steep, with these laptops largely being rebadged designs with adjusted cooling; final choices come down to priorities like keyboard feel, display quality, and portability.
Tom’s Guide’s Computex 2026 coverage highlights 17 standout gadgets—from Nvidia’s RTX Spark AI GPU and Windows-on-Arm ambitions to premium laptops, AI-powered desktops, handhelds, and next‑gen monitors—showcasing high-value devices such as the Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra, Asus ROG Strix Scar 18, Dell XPS 13, MSI Claw 8 EX AI+, Klevv PC builds, MSI MEG Vision X2 AI+, Asus Ascent QN10, Intel Arc G3 handhelds, Qualcomm Snapdragon C, Alienware 39 5K OLED monitor, MSI LuckyClaw, and more, signaling a shift toward agentic AI and AI-accelerated compute across PCs, laptops, mini PCs, and peripherals.
Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Ultra showcases Nvidia’s RTX Spark Arm SoC with up to 128GB of unified memory, a 15-inch PixelSense display up to 2000 nits, and a full set of I/O (USB-A, USB-C, HDMI, SD, audio) plus a large haptic trackpad. Positioned as a MacBook Pro–style high-end Windows laptop, it emphasizes powerful AI/creator workloads and Windows on Arm with Prism translation, featuring up to 20 Arm CPU cores and 6,144 GPU cores. It’s expected to ship later this year with no pricing disclosed.
Microsoft unveils the 15-inch Surface Laptop Ultra, its most powerful Surface yet, powered by NVIDIA's RTX Spark with 6,144 GPU cores and 20 Arm CPU cores for strong graphics and AI performance; it features a 15-inch MiniLED Ultra display up to 2000 nits, the largest Microsoft trackpad to date, and a full port selection, weighing under 4.5 pounds and offered in black or dark silver. A fall release is planned with pricing to be announced, signaling a MacBook Pro–style rival in the high end of productivity laptops.
Microsoft announced the 15-inch Surface Laptop Ultra, its most powerful Surface yet, built around Nvidia’s RTX Spark “superchip” for Windows 11 on Arm. The RTX Spark chip can provide up to 20 CPU cores, 6,144 GPU cores and 128GB of unified memory (with some configs as low as 16GB), and the laptop promises all-day battery life, RTX‑level graphics around the 5070 tier, and up to 1 petaflop of AI compute. It features a 15-inch mini‑LED display with up to 2,000 nits of peak HDR brightness, the largest haptic trackpad Microsoft has shipped, and ports including USB-C, USB‑A, HDMI and a full-size SD card slot. Weight is listed under 4.5 pounds. Final specs and pricing remain unannounced. Microsoft also positions RTX Spark as part of a broader push with Nvidia and other OEMs to bring Windows on Arm to premium laptops, with several partner devices teased for this fall.