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Microsoft and NVIDIA introduce the Surface Laptop Ultra with an RTX Spark N1X processor, up to 64 GB of unified memory, and notable capabilities for running AAA games and large local AI models. However, application compatibility, Copilot+ support, and AI tools remain incomplete, making the device more promising than ready for everyone.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the company is confident it can increase revenue by 70% next year, driven by its central position in the artificial intelligence ecosystem. Huang defended the company’s investments in companies that purchase its products, denying that these deals are circular.
A VentureBeat survey showed that 39.4% of respondents are likely to evaluate non-Nvidia accelerators over the next 12 months, compared with 25.3% for the next generation of Nvidia processors—a 14-percentage-point gap. At the same time, however, the results indicate that organizations are expanding and improving their use of existing infrastructure rather than making an urgent move to new platforms.