Nvidia’s long-awaited N1 and N1X laptop chips are set to arrive in the first quarter of this year, according to sources close to DigiTimes. The new roadmap indicates that Nvidia’s latest Windows-on-Arm platform will debut with the N1X chips this quarter, while the regular N1 chips are expected in the second quarter of 2026. After years of speculation, this release could position Nvidia to compete more directly with other Windows-on-Arm platforms like Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 Elite and X2 Plus, following earlier expectations that these processors would debut around CES 2026.
Nvidia reportedly used its GB10 Superchip, the design powering the DGX Spark, as the blueprint for the N1 and N1X. The CPU features 20 Arm v9.2 cores, divided into two clusters of ten, each supported by 16 MB of shared L3 cache (32 MB total), with each core having private L2 storage. The memory subsystem uses a unified LPDDR5X-9400 fabric on a 256-bit bus, supporting up to 128 GB and delivering approximately 301 GB/s of raw bandwidth, and the article notes that it is unclear if such capacity will be available in consumer laptops. The package is rated at around 140 W TDP and includes PCIe 5.0 for high-speed NVMe SSD connections.
On the graphics side, the N1X variant is rumored to include 6,144 CUDA cores, signaling a strong focus on integrated GPU performance for gaming, creative workloads, and Artificial Intelligence tasks on Windows laptops. Together with the Arm v9.2 CPU design, the memory bandwidth, and PCIe 5.0 support, the N1 and N1X chips are positioned as a high-performance option intended to bring Nvidia into the competitive mix of next-generation Windows-on-Arm machines when they begin appearing in devices following the planned staggered launch schedule.
