Nvidia and partners show RTX Spark laptops and mini PCs at IFA 2026

In short: At IFA 2026 in Berlin, Nvidia and PC makers showed early laptops and small desktops built around Nvidia’s RTX Spark chip, with a focus on running AI on the device.

What happened

Nvidia announced at the IFA 2026 tech show that the first computers using its RTX Spark “superchip” are starting to take shape. WIRED reports a first hands-on look at one of them, the Lenovo Yoga 9n 2-in-1. It is a 16-inch laptop with a 360-degree hinge, an OLED touch screen, a six-speaker system, and a 9.2-megapixel webcam.

The key change is inside. RTX Spark uses an Arm-based system-on-a-chip, meaning the main processor, graphics processor, and memory are packaged together (like a single toolbox instead of separate boxes). Nvidia says the chip includes a Grace CPU with up to 20 cores and a Blackwell RTX GPU with up to 6,144 cores.

Lenovo also plans a 15-inch Yoga Pro 9n with a stylus-friendly touchpad and up to 128 GB of memory. Other RTX Spark laptops expected this fall include the Dell XPS 16, Asus ProArt P16, and Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra, plus a 14-inch HP OmniBook X 14.

On the desktop side, Acer announced a small RTX Spark mini PC, similar in size to a Mac Mini. Asus has shown a similar ProArt mini PC, and both companies claim up to 128 GB of memory. Lenovo also announced a separate small desktop that uses an AMD chip, with a starting price of $3,699.

Why it matters

Many AI features today run in the cloud, meaning your requests are processed on someone else’s servers. These new PCs are being marketed around running AI models locally on your own computer, which can be helpful for speed and for privacy when working with personal files and accounts.

Source: Wired