You’ll have to wait longer for Nvidia’s new AI PC chip

NVIDIA’s N1X SoC, their first Windows on Arm (WoA) chip, reportedly faces a launch delay to Q1 2026, shifting from a planned 2H 2025 release, according to DigiTimes.

Developed with MediaTek, the N1X SoC is codenamed for NVIDIA’s initial WoA offering. This chip targets enterprise and consumer markets within the AI PC segment. NVIDIA and partners, including ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte, Lenovo, and Dell, showcased devices at Computex 2025, demonstrating early hardware integrations.

The delay stems partly from Microsoft’s next-generation Windows platform development. This platform, designed to accompany the N1X launch, has encountered slowdowns, with an updated OS, featuring advanced AI capabilities and WoA ecosystem refinements, still quarters away.

Another factor cited is the adoption rate of WoA platforms. While Qualcomm indicates strong laptop sales, overall consumer demand for these devices shows signs of slowing. X86 platforms from AMD and Intel maintain a dominant market share.

Report: Nvidia and MediaTek delay AI PC launch to 2026 due to Microsoft OS hurdles and market headwinds

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NVIDIA is also evaluating new revisions for its N1X and N1 SoCs. The chip, built on TSMC N3B process technology, integrates a Grace (Arm) CPU and a Blackwell GPU. This combination is also known as GB10 in platforms such as the DGX Spark, with N1X designating the consumer version. These revisions aim for design changes and optimizations to prepare the chips for launch.

Specifications for the NVIDIA GB10 Superchip, which largely align with the N1X SoC, include a 20-Arm core CPU based on the Grace architecture, a Blackwell GPU providing up to 1 PetaFlops of FP4 AI compute, support for up to 128 GB of LPDDR5X memory, and advanced I/O technologies.

In Geekbench 6, the chip registered a 3096 single-core score and an 18,837 multi-thread score, clocking at 2.81 GHz. Samples have reached 3.9 GHz. AMD’s Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 chip, with 16 cores and 32 threads, exceeding 5 GHz at 120W+, achieves around 3000-3100 points in single-core and 19000-21000 points in multi-core performance.

The NVIDIA N1 series will include multiple chips: N1X for enterprise/commercial, N1C for the consumer segment, and a potential entry-level model. Previous estimates indicated 180-200 AI TOPs, but design revisions may alter final configurations. These chips will compete with AMD’s “Ryzen AI MAX,” Apple’s M4, and Intel’s AX series offerings.

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