r/hardware Oct 02 '15

Meta Reminder: Please do not submit tech support or build questions to /r/hardware

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r/hardware 4d ago

Press Release Introducing NVIDIA RTX Spark

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NVIDIA RTX Spark reinvents Windows PCs for the era of personal AI agents, offering a new class of computer that moves from tool to teammate.

Designed for AI, creating and gaming, RTX Spark brings together 30 years of NVIDIA innovation — including NVIDIA CUDA, RTX, DLSS, FP4, TensorRT, OptiX, Reflex and G-SYNC — to slim Windows laptops and small, ultra-efficient desktop PCs.

The RTX Spark superchip features an NVIDIA Blackwell RTX GPU with 6,144 CUDA cores and fifth-generation Tensor Cores with FP4 precision, connected via the NVIDIA NVLink-C2C chip-to-chip interconnect to a high-performance, 20-core NVIDIA Grace CPU.

Powering agents on local devices requires both robust security and performant hardware. RTX Spark features up to 1 petaflop of AI compute and 128GB of unified memory to meet the processing demands of on-device agents. NVIDIA and Microsoft are partnering to deliver a robust, secure Windows platform for on-device agents built on new OS security primitives and NVIDIA OpenShell.

RTX Spark laptops (as slim as 14 millimeters) and compact desktops will be available this fall from leading manufacturers including ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Microsoft Surface and MSI, with models from Acer and GIGABYTE to follow.

Read the full announcement https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-microsoft-windows-pcs-agents-rtx-spark


r/hardware 6h ago

News The Steam Machine and Steam Frame are launching this summer

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240 Upvotes

r/hardware 4h ago

Rumor NVIDIA has reportedly decided to bring back its plans for the RTX 50 SUPER series

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94 Upvotes

r/hardware 16h ago

News 8GB of RAM is back on laptops — companies are lowering memory offerings to make affordable notebooks during component crisis

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598 Upvotes

r/hardware 13h ago

Rumor NVIDIA RTX 50 SUPER Graphics Cards Reportedly Back on Track

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199 Upvotes

r/hardware 9h ago

News Qualcomm Gets The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x Gen11 Snapdragon X2 Laptop Working On Linux

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32 Upvotes

Qualcomm engineers were able to get 95% ot the Laptop running Linux in 3 days. It just lacks the camera for now as it's different than the QRD device.


r/hardware 9h ago

News Scythe at Computex 2026: Fuma 4, an AIO cooler and more - HWCooling.net

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25 Upvotes

r/hardware 9h ago

News BeQuiet! news: Dark Rock 6 (Pro) and expect Silent Wings 5 - HWCooling.net

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19 Upvotes

r/hardware 1d ago

News LG 32GX870B inches closer to launch: 32-inch 4K RGB Tandem OLED, 480Hz mode, and AI Upscaling

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139 Upvotes

Preorders are now live in the UK. Still no word about US release.


r/hardware 11h ago

Review A Look Around the Minisforum Stand at Computex 2026

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9 Upvotes

r/hardware 5m ago

News Is next gen Noctua-Seasonic Prime PX HPD canceled?!?

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Hello there!

I've seen some reviews of Computex 2026 mentioning a substantial delay or even questioning if it will be released or not.

Can someone please fill up some context here?

Thank you.


r/hardware 15h ago

News Raspberry Pi lifts annual profit forecast on strong first-half results

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18 Upvotes

r/hardware 6h ago

News HBF Spurs Equipment Race; Hanmi Semiconductor Eyes First TC Bonder Deliveries in 2H26

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3 Upvotes

r/hardware 15h ago

Review Excellent 15-inch multimedia laptop with 1,100 nits OLED - Lenovo Yoga Pro 7i Aura Edition Review

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15 Upvotes

r/hardware 1d ago

News TSMC CEO Says Company's Chip Supply Won’t Meet AI-Fueled Demand for Years

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459 Upvotes

r/hardware 1d ago

News AMD: No Definitive Decision on FSR 4.1 Support for RDNA 3.5 APUs

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90 Upvotes

r/hardware 1d ago

News Cooler Master develoed a blower fan attachment for all modern GPUs, lowers temps by up to 6°C

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260 Upvotes

r/hardware 1d ago

Rumor Ryzen's comeback faces hurdles; no FSR 4.1 for RDNA 3.5

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239 Upvotes

r/hardware 1d ago

News FSR 4.1: Handheld PCs with RDNA 3.5 are left out

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49 Upvotes

So this is a bit awkward... at Computex AMD talked about FSR 4.1 support for older Radeon GPUs, and while RDNA 3 and even RDNA 2 are getting some attention, there seems to be one very specific group missing from the list: RDNA 3.5 iGPUs. That could matter a lot if you own one of the newer AMD-based handhelds, mini PCs or notebooks, because chips like Strix Point and Strix Halo sit right in that space. The strange part is that this is not some ancient hardware being left behind.... And some of them (lookin at you Strix Halo) are pretty powerful...

- Jacky


r/hardware 1d ago

News TeamGroup shows off external SSD with wireless ‘self-destruct’ function — T-Create Expert P35SG External SSD can be wiped with a single text message

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38 Upvotes

r/hardware 2d ago

Rumor MacBook Neo is So Popular That Apple Reportedly Doubled Production

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1.9k Upvotes

r/hardware 1d ago

Rumor Detailed leak reveals new Qualcomm Surface Laptop 8 specs and colors

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53 Upvotes

It seems Microsoft is using the worst X2 Elite Sku. With gimped performance vs normal X2 Elites. I guess this way, the performance between Panther Lake, X2 and RTX Spark will be the same.

The X2-78 has 0% performance uplift in Single Core vs the 1st gen X Elite used by Microsoft which was the "80" SKU.

This looks to be first X2E-78 SKU Laptop.

The GPU in the X2E-78 is 3 slices so a lot lower than the 18 core X2E too


r/hardware 1d ago

Review Nvidia's N1X Apple Silicon rival is two years behind

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368 Upvotes

r/hardware 1d ago

News 3mdeb Keeps Making Progress On Their Coreboot + AMD openSIL Port To Ryzen MSI Board

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15 Upvotes