Posted by Alumni from TechCrunch
June 2, 2026
Nvidia opened Taipei's enormous Computex trade show on Sunday with a spark, literally. The chipmaker unveiled a new PC CPU called the RTX Spark, which it dubbed a 'superchip,' and named a who's who list of PC makers that will soon deliver AI PCs powered by it. The super-fast, 1-petaflop chip is designed to run AI agents like OpenClaw or Hermes Agent securely, according to Nvidia. Such RTX Spark Windows PCs will be available this fall from ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Microsoft Surface, and MSI, with models from Acer and Gigabyte to follow. In addition to being equipped with secure sandboxes (jointly developed with Microsoft) to run agents securely, the PCs will also have enough CPU, GPU, RAM, and underlying Nvidia CUDA software to run local versions of large language models. The chipmaker is marketing this as an alternative for creators making AI content, as well as providing a significant upgrade to its traditional market of gamers. Nvidia said more than 100 Windows software makers have... learn more