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Microsoft Announces Surface Laptop Ultra With Nvidia RTX Spark for Fall 2026

Microsoft unveiled the Surface Laptop Ultra at Computex 2026, a 15-inch Windows laptop powered by Nvidia's RTX Spark superchip with up to 128GB of unified memory and 1 petaflop of AI compute. The device is designed for AI development and content creation and is scheduled to ship in fall 2026.

Microsoft Announces Surface Laptop Ultra With Nvidia RTX Spark for Fall 2026
Source:Tom's Hardware / Windows Central

Microsoft unveiled the Surface Laptop Ultra at Computex 2026, a 15-inch Windows laptop built on Nvidia's RTX Spark superchip that the company says can run large AI models locally without relying on cloud resources.

The device features a 20-core Arm-based CPU paired with a Blackwell-architecture GPU with 6,144 CUDA cores and up to 128GB of LPDDR5X unified memory. The platform delivers up to 1 petaflop of AI compute, enough to run models with up to 120 billion parameters locally with context lengths up to one million tokens.

The laptop's 15-inch mini-LED PixelSense Ultra display has a resolution of 2880 x 1920 at 262 pixels per inch and reaches a peak HDR brightness of 2,000 nits. The chassis weighs under 4.5 pounds and includes a dual-fan cooling system for sustained high-performance workloads. It will be available in Platinum and Nightfall color options.

Microsoft is positioning the Surface Laptop Ultra as a primary tool for AI development. New Windows security and containment primitives sandbox AI agents to protect user data and system integrity. The device also supports native gaming titles including Valorant, League of Legends, and PUBG: Battlegrounds, with an improved Prism emulation layer for non-native x86 titles.

The Surface Laptop Ultra is part of a broader wave of RTX Spark-powered devices from Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo, and MSI, all expected to reach the market in fall 2026. Microsoft has not yet disclosed final pricing.

The RTX Spark platform marks Nvidia's formal entry into the consumer CPU market, using the Arm architecture to challenge Intel and AMD's dominance in x86 processors. The chip was developed in partnership with MediaTek using TSMC's 3nm process node.

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