NVIDIA and Microsoft Unveil RTX Spark Laptops with AI Capabilities

NVIDIA has opened preorders for its new line of laptops, the RTX Spark series, which are designed to run on Windows PCs. The company made this announcement at a recent event in San Francisco, where it also showcased its partnership with Microsoft. According to NVIDIA’s recap of the event, the two companies have been working together for several decades and have now reached a significant milestone in their collaboration.

The event featured a fireside chat between Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA, and Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft. The conversation was hosted by Sriram Krishnan, a former senior White House policy advisor on AI. During the discussion, Huang highlighted NVIDIA’s long-standing support for Windows and Microsoft, stating that without Windows, there would be no GeForce.

Nadella credited Huang’s consistency in vision as a key factor in bringing the two companies to this moment of collaboration. He emphasized the importance of making the desktop the most secure place for agents to execute, which is why Microsoft has been working on its Execution Containers (MXC) technology. MXC allows agents to run safely and persistently in the background under operating system control.

Microsoft’s executive vice president of Windows and Devices, Pavan Davuluri, also spoke at the event about the company’s efforts to build primitives directly into Windows for agent security and governance. He pointed out that Microsoft Security and Agent 365 are key components of this effort. Nadella returned to the theme in his conversation with Huang, reiterating the need for a secure environment for agents.

Huang stated that MXC will revolutionize how agents are built and deployed, much like Windows and DirectX did for applications. He emphasized that NVIDIA’s approach would form the foundation of the next generation of IT. The partnership between NVIDIA and Microsoft is expected to have significant implications for the development and deployment of AI models in various industries.

The RTX Spark laptops will run on a full NVIDIA AI stack, which includes CUDA platform support natively. This means developers can move their models, tools, and workflows without rewriting them. The systems are designed to handle large-scale AI workloads, with some configurations capable of running up to 120 billion parameters locally. One notable example is the Qwen 3.8 Flash Next model, which has a 125B parameter count and a 51B n-gram.

NVIDIA also highlighted its fifth-generation Tensor Cores with NVFP4 support in the RTX Spark laptops. This will enable hardware-accelerated AV1 video encode and decode for creators. For gamers, the company promises to run AAA titles at 1440p above 100 frames per second using DLSS 5, Reflex, and G-SYNC.

The event also previewed NVIDIA’s DGX Station for Windows, which is described as a deskside AI supercomputer that brings GB300 Grace Blackwell-class AI infrastructure directly into the Windows ecosystem. This system will allow users to run frontier-class models locally without needing to rent a cluster. The DGX Station for Windows runs on the GB300 Grace Blackwell Ultra Desktop Superchip and offers up to 748 GB of coherent memory.

NVIDIA’s product page lists several key features, including access to Linux AI toolchains through the Windows Subsystem for Linux. The company also notes that the vast majority of Fortune 500 companies are standardized on Windows, making this move significant for enterprise developers. NVIDIA is taking notification sign-ups for availability and expects DGX Station for Windows in the fourth quarter of 2026 from several major manufacturers.

The RTX Spark laptops will be available starting October 16, 2026, with preorders opening on October 7. The systems are designed to handle a range of tasks, including running large-scale AI models locally without needing cloud infrastructure. NVIDIA has partnered with several major manufacturers to bring the RTX Spark series and DGX Station for Windows to market.

The Surface Laptop Ultra is one example of an RTX Spark laptop that will be available from Microsoft. This device features up to 128 GB of unified memory and can run AI models locally without needing cloud infrastructure. NVIDIA’s Blackwell RTX GPU combines with the Grace CPU in a single chip, delivering up to one petaflop of FP4 AI performance.

NVIDIA has also announced that its DGX Station for Windows will be available from several major manufacturers, including ASUS, Dell Technologies, GIGABYTE, HP, MSI, and Supermicro. The system is expected to have significant implications for the development and deployment of AI models in various industries.