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🇳🇬 English, 7 October 2026, AI hardware

Microsoft to Unveil Surface Laptop Ultra with NVIDIA's RTX Spark Superchip

The device is engineered for extreme AI workloads and positions the Surface Laptop Ultra as a formidable AI powerhouse.

The Surface Laptop Ultra is engineered around NVIDIA’s new RTX Spark superchip, a processor designed for extreme AI workloads. NVIDIA claims the RTX Spark is capable of delivering 1 petaflop of AI computing power directly on the device. This hardware aligns with Microsoft’s pivot toward agentic AI, artificial intelligence designed to execute complex, multi-step tasks with minimal user prompting.

The pairing of the Surface Laptop Ultra and the RTX Spark positions the device as a formidable AI powerhouse aiming to compete directly with high-end Apple MacBooks. The price of the Surface Laptop Ultra remains unknown and is expected to be revealed at the event.

Microsoft is expected to focus on major quality-of-life improvements and deep AI integration within the existing Windows 11 framework, rather than announcing a new OS.

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