The first Windows PCs to use Nvidia chips as the main processor are expected to be unveiled at Computex 2026, Asia's largest information technology (IT) trade show, in Taipei, Taiwan. Observers say this could mark Nvidia's full-scale entry into the PC central processing unit (CPU) market beyond graphics processing units (GPUs).
According to Axios, Reuters and other foreign media on the 30th local time, Nvidia and Microsoft (MS) will unveil Windows PCs based on Nvidia chips at Computex and at Microsoft's Build developer conference. Citing sources, Axios said Nvidia chip-based PCs are expected to be included in Surface, MS's in-house hardware brand, as well as in major manufacturers' lineups such as Dell.
Computex will be held June 2–5 in Taipei, Taiwan, and MS Build is Microsoft's annual developer conference, taking place June 2–3 in San Francisco.
Nvidia has been designing CPUs that run Microsoft's Windows operating system (OS) using Arm technology. Nvidia, MS and Arm posted the same message, "A new era of PC," on their official X (formerly Twitter) accounts the day before. It included the coordinates for Taipei, Taiwan, where Computex takes place.
Reports said this product is the first case of using an Nvidia chip as the main processor for a Windows PC. Nvidia is a company that grew on PC GPUs. Until now, Intel and AMD have led the CPU market for Windows PCs.
Industry watchers say Nvidia's participation could broaden the chip choices in the Windows PC ecosystem. The current Windows laptop CPU market is dominated by the x86 architecture centered on Intel and AMD. Qualcomm mainly supplies Arm-based CPUs for Windows laptops. With Nvidia entering this market, analysts say the Arm-based Windows ecosystem could expand.