Microsoft announced that it’s hosting an event in San Francisco, California, on Oct. 7, specifically about “how local AI will shape the next chapter of the PC.”
Although the company hasn’t shared many details about the event, it looks likely that it will focus on Surface Laptops. It could be where we learn more about the previously announced Surface Laptop Ultra sporting Nvidia’s RTX Spark chip.
Further supporting that notion, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and Microsoft Executive Vice President of Windows and Devices, Pavan Davuluri, are expected to attend.
Per Engadget, Microsoft says the three will share details on Windows, RTX Spark, Surface, and the broader PC ecosystem. So it seems very likely the Oct. 7 event will feature the Surface Laptop Ultra. Further, we could see other RTX Spark laptops at the event, similar to how Microsoft unveiled its Copilot Plus PC line-up with Surface devices and laptops from several third-party manufacturers back in 2024.
Nvidia first announced the RTX Spark chip back in June at Computex in Taipei, Taiwan. The company called Spark the “most efficient PC chip ever built” and claimed it would be capable of rendering massive 3D scenes, editing 12K video, and running large language models (LLMs) locally.
Naturally, gaming was also a big factor for Nvidia, which claimed that Spark can handle AAA games at 1440p resolution at 100+ frames per second (fps) with ray tracing enabled. Of course, that notably relies on DLSS software for upscaling, which likely means it’s not running at true 1440p and therefore isn’t as impressive as Nvidia would like you to believe.
There are still a lot of unknowns about the RTX Spark chip and the Surface Laptop Ultra, as well as the other laptops that are expected to sport this new chipset.
Back in June, we learned that alongside the Surface line, there would be laptops from Asus, MSI, Dell, HP, Lenovo, and more sporting Spark. We don’t yet know if any of these will be at the Microsoft event, but I suspect we’ll see them.
Header image credit: Microsoft (screenshot)
Source: Engadget
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