Nvidia, Arm and Microsoft's Windows team have started sharing teasers for the 'new era pcWidely believed to be teasing Arm-based Windows PCs with Nvidia chips, this coordinated campaign is expected to result in an official product announcement in early June 2026.
Since 2012, Arm Windows laptops have been advertised as a way to bring longer battery life, thinner design and phone-like efficiency to traditional laptops. Copilot+ computers continued this 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 the “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 the GTC Taipei keynote on June 1 at 11:00 a.m. Taipei time or 5:00 a.m. CEST, May 31 at 8:00 p.m. PDT, and May 31 at 11:00 p.m. EDT. event. In all likelihood, that's exactly what the tech giant's recent trailers are all about.
Several reports from early 2026 suggest that Dell and Lenovo could be among the early adopters of Nvidia's N1 and N1X chips. Lenovo's upcoming products based on the reported SoC lineup 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 the Lenovo Legion 5, Legion 7 and Legion 9 series, while the Lenovo Legion T5 desktop family is also said to be refreshed later in 2026. Computex Taipei 2026 will run from Tuesday, June 2 to Friday, June 5.
Recent leaks describe the N1X as the more premium offering of the upcoming pair, 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. The lower N1X variant is said to use 18 CPU cores and 40 SMs, or 5,120 CUDA cores. Both versions are said to operate in the 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 less powerful and more mainstream variant in Nvidia's reported Windows-on-Arm SoC family. Leaked configurations point to a 12-core and 10-core design with an 8+4 or 7+3 Cortex-X925/Cortex-A725 CPU layout paired with 20 or 16 Blackwell SM modules. That would mean 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 thinner AI PCs rather than maximum performance notebooks. If the reports are accurate, both the N1 and N1X would give Nvidia a path to Windows on Arm laptops built around local AI workloads, processing efficiency and Blackwell graphics. Such a crucial line would also help explain why Nvidia insists its upcoming Computex Taipei announcement will represent a whole “new era” of personal computing.
Sources: Nvidia / X, Windows / X, Arm / X, 94G8LA / X
