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NVIDIA N1X and N1 SoC for desktop and laptop PCs expected to debut at Computex - VideoCardz.com
NVIDIA to debut its PC processor at Computex ComputerBase reports NVIDIA N1 SoC Series is coming to PCs NVIDIA has long been rumored to be working with MediaTek on a custom SoC for PCs. The company is reportedly preparing the N1X and N1 series, which are derived from the GB10 — a special SoC...
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Rumours of Nvidia GPU + Arm CPU have been going around for what feels like forever, but it might finally be arriving.
I know a lot of the consumer people will only look at it from a gaming perspective but I doubt that is the primary market. In a similar way to Strix Halo, I think it will offer another affordable option for "big VRAM" use cases, especially in AI. Currently you either go for big and expensive workstation/server hardware, or you go for the consumer and slightly less expensive hardware like top end Apple or Strix Halo based offerings. DGX Spark will likely take the top end of that with its availability expected soon.
My personal guess where this new product would fit in would be closer to Strix Halo space in price and performance. I don't think a 16GB offering as listed in source makes sense for this market. 32GB minimum, 64GB better, and not ruling out 128GB option which would be needed to directly target Strix Halo for those who can't stretch to a DXG Spark.
Being Arm, OS is a question. Hopefully Qualcomm made enough inroads with their release that Nvidia could offer WoA support. Otherwise it'll be Linux. Either way, at least you get CUDA unlike AMD or Apple.
Really not sure if it would be targeted at gamers too. Being non-x86 might be a step too far for mainstream use. I don't doubt someone will run games on it as soon as it is out.
