Computex 2026 is kicking off in Taipei, Taiwan this week, where Nvidia, AMD, Qualcomm, Intel, and other tech brands are announcing new laptops, handhelds, chips, and more. Nvidia unveiled RTX Spark, its first family of consumer PC chips, arriving in laptops and mini PCs starting this fall. Intel is launching two new custom chips made for handheld gaming devices, the Arc G3 and Arc G3 Extreme, which will power the upcoming Acer Predator Atlas 8. Qualcomm is taking aim at the MacBook Neo with its new entry-level Snapdragon C platform, while AMD is responding to RAMaggedon by launching new versions of its old hardware and promising support for AM5 through 2029.
Nvidia’s RTX Spark is the most consequential announcement because it moves the company from graphics into complete consumer PC chips. Microsoft, Asus, HP, MSI, Lenovo, and Dell are expected to launch RTX Spark laptops sometime this fall, and some partner companies have shared details about what to expect. The flagship version unveiled by Nvidia at Computex includes 20 CPU cores, 6,144 GPU cores, and 128GB of LPDDR5X memory, making it near identical to the GB10 chip inside Nvidia’s DGX Spark personal Artificial Intelligence supercomputer. Other versions with as little as 16GB of memory will come later, according to Nvidia. Nvidia says over 30 laptops and 10 desktops are currently in the works with its most efficient PC chip ever built, but it has only confirmed initial systems from Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Microsoft, and MSI for launch.
Microsoft is trying Arm-based Nvidia silicon again with the Surface Laptop Ultra, a 15-inch machine that the company describes as the most powerful Surface it has ever made, though final specs and pricing remain unknown. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said at least two additional generations of RTX Spark are already planned, and said he began working with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella about three years ago on a goal of building voice-driven computers and droids. Nvidia also announced its Vera server CPU, which Huang described as a new major growth driver for CPUs for agents.
Intel’s Computex push centers on handheld gaming, where the MSI Claw 8 EX Artificial Intelligence Plus pairs with the new Arc G3 Extreme and is being positioned as a leap in performance and battery life at a high price. Best Buy lists $1,699.99 for an Intel Arc G3 Extreme with 32GB of RAM; the listing does say 144Hz when the screen is actually 120Hz, and it’s coming June 23rd. PC makers are also widening the field of MacBook Neo competitors and lower-cost options: Dell is bringing back the XPS 13 with a temporary discount to $599, Acer has a $699 laptop with Intel chips and 8GB of RAM, and Hyte showed a Y50 RGB case during Computex 2026, which costs just $99.99.
