ASUS Shows RTX Spark Mini PCs and Laptop Designs at IFA 2026
At IFA 2026, ASUS showed the GR1X mini PC and laptop designs using NVIDIA's RTX Spark SoC. The top configuration includes a 6,144-core Blackwell GPU, 20-core Grace CPU, and up to 128GB LPDDR5X unified memory. A lower-end variant has 5,120 CUDA cores, 18-core CPU, and 24-32GB memory. Cooling uses a copper heatsink with dual blower fans.
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