I saw the Surface Laptop Ultra at Computex and it's clear: Microsoft has gone beastmode

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ZDNET’s key takeaways

• The Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra is the flagship RTX Spark laptop unveiled at Computex. 
• It features the RTX Spark SoC: a 20-core CPU, equivalent of a GeForce RTX 5070 GPU, and up to 128GB of unified memory.
• Despite the dazzling specs and premium build, unanswered questions remain. 

At Computex 2026, Nvidia announced its new RTX Spark processor, an ARM-based chip with some impressive performance specs across a cadre of new devices: up to 1 petaflop of AI performance, a 20-core CPU, and up to 128GB of unified memory to power creative tasks with the rough equivalent power of a GeForce RTX 5070. 

At the head of the pack is Microsoft’s new Surface Laptop Ultra — the flagship RTX Spark laptop and a powerhouse that doubles down on its premium branding and an edgy, aggressive branding that speaks to developers, pro creators, and AI powerusers. 

Also: I saw the first Nvidia RTX Spark…