Nvidia’s Arm-based PC chip may make its debut in Alienware’s laptops later this yr or in early 2026, based on a report from the Taiwanese publication United Daily News. The chipmaking large is reportedly working with MediaTek to develop an accelerated processing unit (APU) that mixes an Arm-powered CPU with Nvidia’s Blackwell GPU structure.
Nvidia is already standard in conventional gaming laptops utilizing Intel or AMD chips, however an Arm CPU entry might properly enhance the Home windows on Arm gaming state of affairs. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X chips should run video games emulated utilizing Microsoft’s Prism software program, and sport compatibility and efficiency is severely restricted on Qualcomm’s GPUs proper now.
In January, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang mentioned throughout an investor’s presentation that the corporate has “plans” for the Arm-based CPU put in inside Digits, its private AI supercomputer, Reuters reported on the time. Dell CEO Michael Dell additionally hinted at the potential of launching an AI PC with Nvidia, as he replied, “come again subsequent yr” when requested about Nvidia’s presence within the AI PC market during an interview in 2024.