Nvidia, Arm, and Microsoft's Windows teams have begun sharing “teasers of a new era.” PC.” The joint campaign, widely seen as teasing Arm-based Windows PCs with Nvidia chips, is expected to lead to 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+ PC continued its push in May 2024, providing hardware suitable for running local AI models.
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In late May 2026, Nvidia, Arm, and Microsoft shared teasers of the “new era of PC” through their official social media channels. These posts contain geographic coordinates pointing to the Taipei Music Center, where Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is scheduled to deliver the GTC Taipei keynote address on June 1 at 5:00 AM Taipei time, May 31 at 8:00 PM PDT, and May 31 at 11:00 PM EDT. Recent industry speculations point to the long-rumored N1 and N1X laptop processors being unveiled at the event. Perhaps that's what the tech giant's latest teaser is about.
Dell and Lenovo could be among the first adopters of Nvidia's N1 and N1X chips, according to multiple reports from early 2026. Lenovo's upcoming products based on the reported SoC line are said to include the IdeaPad Slim 5 14N1V11 and 16N1V11, Yoga Pro 7 15N1V11 and 15N1X11, and Yoga 9 2-in-1 16N1X11. Similar leaks have pointed to new configurations across Lenovo's Legion 5, Legion 7, and Legion 9 lines, and Lenovo's Legion T5 desktop PC lineup is also reportedly scheduled for a refresh in late 2026. Computex Taipa 2026 will be held from Tuesday 2 June to Friday 5 June.
A recent leak describes the N1X as the premium offering of the upcoming duo, featuring a CPU/GPU package related to Nvidia's GB10 (Grace Blackwell 10) “superchip”. It reportedly combines Arm CPU cores with Blackwell graphics and integrated 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. The low-cost N1X variant is said to use 18 CPU cores and 40 SM or 5,120 CUDA cores. Both versions are said to operate within the 45W to 80W power range and support 16GB to 128GB of LPDDR5X memory, 12 PCIe 5.0 lanes and 5 PCIe 4.0 lanes.
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The standard N1 appears to be a lower-power, more mainstream variant of Nvidia's reported Windows-on-Arm SoC family. The 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. This translates to 2,560 or 2,048 CUDA cores, a power range of 18W to 45W, 8GB to 64GB of LPDDR5X memory, and fewer PCIe lanes than the N1X. These specs suggest a chip aimed at thin AI PCs rather than maximum-performance laptops. If the reports are accurate, both the N1 and N1X will give Nvidia a path to Windows on Arm laptops built around local AI workloads, processing efficiency, and Blackwell graphics. These groundbreaking lines may also help explain why Nvidia claims its upcoming Computex Taipa announcement will mark a whole “new era” in personal computing.
Source: Nvidia/X, Windows/X, Arm/X, 94G8LA/X
