May 7, 2025 — In a move that could reshape the Windows on Arm (WoA) ecosystem, Nvidia and MediaTek are reportedly preparing to announce a new class of Arm-based laptop chips at Computex 2025, set to begin later this month.
The much-anticipated collaboration is believed to be centered around a consumer-focused system-on-a-chip (SoC) derived from Nvidia’s GB10 architecture — the same chip powering the DGX Spark, a home-user AI supercomputer that was previously known as Project Digits. According to German tech outlet ComputerBase, the official unveiling is expected during keynote presentations by Nvidia and MediaTek on May 19 and 20, respectively.
The rumored chip would mark Nvidia’s entry into the consumer CPU space — not just with its usual GPUs — and the company is likely to leverage Arm-designed CPU cores in this initial venture. While there were earlier whispers about Nvidia crafting custom Arm cores, similar to its recent Vera project, signs currently point to a design closer to standard Arm architecture for this collaboration.
If accurate, this partnership could position Nvidia and MediaTek as serious challengers in the growing WoA laptop space, which has recently been dominated by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite chips. These chips have delivered impressive battery performance, but have faced hurdles with compatibility and gaming due to Windows’ Prism emulation layer — something Nvidia may be better poised to tackle, given its dominance in PC graphics.
That said, Prism emulation remains a Microsoft-controlled factor, and even Nvidia won’t have direct influence over it. Still, the company’s experience in optimizing graphics performance could give these new chips a competitive edge for gamers and creators alike.
MediaTek’s ramp-up in semiconductor production capacity, as noted by DigiTimes, adds more weight to the speculation. The company has reportedly secured additional assembly and testing resources, possibly in preparation for a major product rollout.
Performance expectations for the chip remain speculative, but early rumors suggest it could rival the capabilities of Nvidia’s RTX 4070 mobile GPUs and AMD’s Strix Halo, though with reduced CPU cores — likely between 8 and 12 — and lower memory configurations ranging from 16GB to 32GB depending on target markets.
Nvidia previously confirmed it was developing a consumer-grade Arm SoC based on its DGX Spark platform earlier this year, so an announcement at Computex would be a logical next step.
With Computex 2025 just around the corner, all eyes are now on Taipei to see whether Nvidia and MediaTek are ready to make their official move into the Windows on Arm laptop arena.