By Julia Kollewe
Publication Date: 2026-06-01 11:01:00
A new front has emerged in the battle for AI chip supremacy as Nvidia said its latest development could replace the mouse and keyboard in how humans use computers.
The $5 trillion (£3.7 trillion) US semiconductor company has launched a “superchip” that integrates AI capabilities into laptops and desktop computers. This means it will compete against Intel, Apple, Qualcomm and AMD.
The RTX Spark chip will hit the market this year and will be used by computer makers including Dell, Lenovo, Asus and HP in combination with Microsoft’s Windows software, according to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.
At the Computex conference in Taiwan, Huang said the chip will “reinvent the PC for the AI age” after three years of collaboration between Nvidia and Microsoft.
It is a combination of a microprocessor and a graphics chip, developed with the help of Taiwanese company MediaTek, and is designed to run AI agents locally rather than relying on cloud computing.
It allows agents to autonomously navigate PCs,…
