Nvidia CEO details four-year work on Surface Laptop Ultra
Jensen Huang said the Microsoft laptop is the first Microsoft device powered by an Nvidia chip, using the RTX Spark platform.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the development of the hardware inside the Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra took four years and involved several thousand engineering years, speaking at a developer event in London, according to techradar.com.
Huang described the device as beautiful and incredible and said it is the first Microsoft device powered by an Nvidia chip. The laptop runs on Nvidia's RTX Spark platform, pairing an N1X processor with RTX Blackwell graphics.
According to Huang, the machine delivers 1 petaflops of computing and is the first Nvidia GPU with shared memory.
He also discussed the device's local AI agent capabilities, including texting the PC to carry out tasks such as rendering images and updating slides.
Launch set for October
The Surface Laptop Ultra was revealed in September 2026, aimed at developers and AI workloads, and is set to launch on October 16, 2026.
Quick answers
When does the Surface Laptop Ultra launch?
Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra is set to launch on October 16, 2026, after being revealed in September 2026.
What chip does the Surface Laptop Ultra use?
It uses Nvidia's RTX Spark platform, with an N1X processor and RTX Blackwell graphics.
Is this the first Microsoft device with an Nvidia chip?
Yes, Jensen Huang said the Surface Laptop Ultra is the first Microsoft device powered by an Nvidia chip.