Nvidia, Arm, and Microsoft's Windows team started sharing teasers for "a new era of PC." The coordinated campaign, widely believed to be teasing Arm-based Windows PCs with Nvidia chips, is expected to result in an official product announcement in early June 2026.
Since 2012, Arm-based Windows laptops have been advertised as a way to bring longer battery life, thinner designs, and phone-like efficiency to traditional portable computing. Copilot+ PCs continued that push in May 2024, offering hardware suitable for running local AI models.
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In late May 2026, Nvidia, Arm, and Microsoft shared coordinated teasers for "a new era of PC" on their official social media channels. Their posts included geographic coordinates pointing to the Taipei Music Center, where Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is scheduled to deliver a GTC Taipei keynote on June 1 at 11 a.m. Taipei time, or 5 a.m. CEST, 8 p.m. PDT on May 31, and 11 p.m. EDT on May 31. Recent industry speculation points to the long-rumored N1 and N1X laptop processors being unveiled at the event. In all likelihood, that is precisely what the tech giant's recent teasers are about.
Several reports from early 2026 indicate that Dell and Lenovo could be among the first adopters of Nvidia's N1 and N1X chips. Lenovo's upcoming products based on the reported SoC line are said to include the IdeaPad Slim 5 14N1V11 and 16N1V11, the Yoga Pro 7 15N1V11 and 15N1X11, and the Yoga 9 2-in-1 16N1X11. Similar leaks have pointed to new configurations across Lenovo's Legion 5, Legion 7, and Legion 9 lines, while Lenovo's Legion T5 family of desktop PCs is also reportedly due for a refresh later in 2026. Computex Taipei 2026 will run from Tuesday, June 2, through Friday, June 5.
Recent leaks describe the N1X as the more premium offering from the upcoming duo, with a CPU/GPU package related to Nvidia's GB10 (Grace Blackwell 10) "superchip." It reportedly pairs Arm CPU cores with Blackwell graphics and unified LPDDR5X memory. The top N1X configuration is said to use 20 CPU cores, split between 10 Cortex-X925 cores and 10 Cortex-A725 cores, along with a 48-SM Blackwell GPU with 6,144 CUDA cores. A lower-end N1X variant reportedly uses 18 CPU cores and 40 SMs, or 5,120 CUDA cores. Both versions are said to operate within a 45W to 80W power range and support 16GB to 128GB of LPDDR5X memory, 12 PCIe 5.0 lanes, and five PCIe 4.0 lanes.
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The standard N1 appears to be the lower-power, more mainstream variant in Nvidia's reported Windows-on-Arm SoC family. Leaked configurations point to 12-core and 10-core designs, with 8+4 or 7+3 Cortex-X925/Cortex-A725 CPU layouts paired with 20 or 16 Blackwell SMs. That would translate to 2,560 or 2,048 CUDA cores, an 18W to 45W power range, 8GB to 64GB of LPDDR5X memory, and fewer PCIe lanes than the N1X. Those specifications suggest a chip aimed at thinner AI PCs rather than maximum-performance notebooks. If the reports are accurate, both the N1 and N1X would give Nvidia a path into Windows on Arm laptops built around local AI workloads, processing efficiency, and Blackwell graphics. Such a landmark line would also help explain why Nvidia insists its upcoming Computex Taipei announcement will constitute a whole "new era" of personal computing.
Sources: Nvidia / X, Windows / X, Arm / X, 94G8LA / X