Rumor: PCs with NVIDIA processors reportedly coming this year

It has been quite a while since we had a PC powered by an NVIDIA processor. The last one was the Surface 2, which we reviewed back in 2013, it was an Nvidia Tegra 4-powered ARM computer running Windows 8.1 RT, an infamous fail from Microsoft, after which the company dropped its ARM efforts for many years. Now, rumors about NVIDIA returning to the PC market are heating up, and the latest report suggests that we may see the first Windows on ARM computers powered by NVIDIA processors as soon as the first quarter of 2026.

DigiTimes reports, quoting supply chain sources, that computers with the NVIDIA N1X chip will launch in the next couple of months, targeting regular customers. Later this year, the company will debut three more versions of the processor within the generation. Also, the company is already working on the N2 series, which is reportedly scheduled for the third quarter of 2027.

NVIDIA's first N1X processor is rumored to be similar to the GB10 platform, which powers the company's DGX Spark, the AI-focused workstation that combines an ARM processor with a Blackwell GPU. The processor has 20 cores and 128GB of unified LPDDR5X memory, and it was developed in partnership with MediaTek using TSMC's 3nm process. The N1X platform is expected to come with a powerful integrated graphics with specs similar to the desktop version of the RTX 5070. Besides the N1X, there are rumors about the "regular" N1 chip, but details about both remain scarce at this point.

According to the report, NVIDIA plans to supply its partners with a reference design, so expect to see NVIDIA-powered devices from different manufacturers. With the upcoming NVIDIA chips and Qualcomm gearing up to launch devices with the new X2 chips, Windows on ARM is off to a much better start than the Windows RT efforts from 2012.

Sources: DigiTimes, WCCFTech

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Posted Wednesday 21 January 2026 at 4:24 am AEST (my time).

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