Microsoft unveils Surface Laptop Ultra with RTX Spark SoC for AI workloads
The laptop, starting at $2,599, integrates Nvidia’s RTX Spark SoC for AI and gaming tasks. It features either a 5120-core or 6144-core Blackwell GPU and up to 128GB of LPDDR5x unified memory, shipping on October 16. The device highlights unified memory allocation to handle modern gaming and local AI development without traditional VRAM limits, as demonstrated by running Gears of War: E-Day…
Key points
- Surface Laptop Ultra starts at $2,599 with RTX Spark SoC for AI and gaming, shipping October 16
- Dev Box costs $5,999, offers 128GB memory and one petaflop AI compute for developers
- Unified memory allocation enables AAA gaming and local AI workloads without VRAM limits
Microsoft also introduced the $5,999 Surface RTX Spark Dev Box, co-announced with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadela. The box is designed for frontier developers, shipping with a custom Windows 11 build optimized for AI workloads. It includes 128GB of unified memory and an RTX GPU, delivering one petaflop of AI compute performance, according to Microsoft.
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Ars Technica AI · 8 October 2026
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