Nvidia’s new RTX Spark laptops launch in October with two different configs
Nvidia announces RTX Spark laptops featuring the N1X chip, which combines a 6144-core Blackwell RTX GPU with a 20-core Grace CPU and 24-128GB unified memory. The laptops will ship in October in two configurations, including high-end laptops and miniature PCs like Microsoft's Surface RTX Spark. The N1 chip is not arriving this year.
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