NVIDIA and Microsoft launch RTX Spark laptops for AI agents on Windows
At a Microsoft event in San Francisco, NVIDIA founder Jensen Huang and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced a joint effort to bring AI agents to Windows PCs. Microsoft introduced general‑availability Microsoft Execution Containers (MXC), an OS‑level infrastructure that lets agents run securely in the background, and highlighted the role of MXC, Security and Agent 365 in the new “agentic era.”
Key points
- RTX Spark laptops preorder opens today, ship Oct 16; desktops available Nov
- RTX Spark combines Blackwell RTX GPU (up to 6,144 cores) with 20‑core Grace CPU, 128 GB unified memory
The centerpiece of the announcement is RTX Spark, a laptop and compact‑desktop platform that integrates an NVIDIA Blackwell RTX GPU (up to 6,144 cores) with a 20‑core NVIDIA Grace CPU linked at 600 GB/s. Pre‑orders opened on the day of the event, with laptops shipping on Oct 16 and desktops in November. Systems will be sold by Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Microsoft, MSI and Gigabyte.
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NVIDIA, Microsoft Kick Off a New Beginning for Windows PCs With RTX Spark and AI Agents
NVIDIA Blog · 7 October 2026
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- All Systems Go: Global PC App Ecosystem Ready for NVIDIA RTX SparkPrimary source · NVIDIA Blog ·
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