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Nvidia has released the first notebooks using its RTX Spark platform, which features an Arm-based Blackwell SoC. These devices start at nearly 3,000 Euro.
The first notebooks featuring Nvidia's RTX Spark platform are now available. These laptops use a Blackwell SoC that combines an Arm CPU and a GPU (Nvidia). This architecture allows the CPU and GPU to share memory (Nvidia).
Nvidia positions the platform for AI, content creation, and gaming. Prices for these initial models start at nearly 3,000 Euro and increase based on the specific configuration.
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