A few days before Computex, several signals converge towards the same announcement: NVIDIA is well preparing its entry into the Windows on Arm laptop PC. Microsoft and ASUS were added almost at the same time to a list where Dell and Lenovo already appear.
NVIDIA N1 at the center of teasers before Taipei
The last published clue evokes a “new era of PC” and displays the coordinates 25.0528, 121.5990. They refer to Taipei, a few days before the GTC Taipei keynote that Jensen Huang will hold at the Taipei Music Center on June 1 at 11 a.m. local time.
The detail of the calendar reinforces the idea of an announcement that is already very advanced, since Taipei stands out as the point of convergence of all the indices. To place this meeting in the broader context of the show, we can also consult our overview of the Computex 2026 dates and the hardware announcements that the Taipei show is likely to line up this year.
The calendar fits with the information already released on a first Windows on Arm PC platform from NVIDIA. The chips concerned would be the N1 et N1Xtwo SoCs for laptops combining Arm CPU cores and Blackwell graphics.
ASUS, Microsoft, Dell and Lenovo already in the loop
ASUS has released a teaser that appears to be aimed at a ProArt laptop equipped with an NVIDIA N1 chip. This is the first clear public signal from the manufacturer around a creative machine associated with this platform.
On the Microsoft side, Pavan Davuluri, in charge of Windows and Surface, indicated that “something new is coming for developers”, specifying that it is not a new version of the OS. The mention therefore refers rather to the hardware, with Build in the background next week and, possibly, Surface machines based on N1 or N1X.
The mention of Surface machines and a signal intended for developers is part of a broader shift from the Windows ecosystem to Arm. To explore this basic point in more detail, it is relevant to refer to our explanation of the logic of Windows 11 26H1, designed for the new Arm SoCs while x86 PCs remain on 25H2.
Concrete references at Dell and Lenovo
Dell already appears in press documentation related to Computex. An XPS equipped with an NVIDIA N1X is planned for May 31, even if the elements consulted until then included neither image nor detailed technical sheet.
Lenovo has also been linked to several N1 and N1X laptops. A Legion 7 is notably visible in listings of chargers with a 245 W adapter, which suggests that at least one variation will target power envelopes significantly higher than those of classic Arm machines.
What we know about the N1 and N1X chips
Previous leaks credit the high-end N1X model with a 20-core Arm CPU and a Blackwell GPU with 6,144 CUDA cores. However, the final frequencies, power limits and memory configurations remain unknown at this stage.
If these specifications are confirmed, NVIDIA would not only be targeting low-power Copilot+ PCs, but also creative machines and potentially more ambitious gaming laptops. The simultaneous involvement of Microsoft, ASUS, Dell and Lenovo shows above all that the launch would go far beyond the simple demonstration prototype.
Source : VideoCardz
