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Dell unveiled its MacBook Neo killer
One of many greatest crowd-pleasers at Computex this yr needs to be the new $699 Dell XPS 13. Designed to go toe-to-toe with the MacBook Neo, this little aluminum laptop is the thinnest and lightest XPS ever made.
There’s a 2.5K InfinityEdge touch display, and a backlit keyboard — something you won’t find on the Neo. Meanwhile, the starting configuration also features the new Intel Wildcat Lake CPU, which promises smooth performance for everyday tasks and up to 17 hours of streaming battery life on a single charge. Nice!
Microsoft’s RTX Spark-powered Surface Ultra is coming
Microsoft hasn’t confirmed many particulars about its upcoming RTX Spark-powered Floor E book, however we all know it’s going to have a 15-inch mini-LED touchscreen with 2,000 nits of peak brightness.
It’ll profit from a big haptic touchpad and all of the required ports: HDMI, USB-C, USB-A, SD card and a headphone jack.
Microsoft claims this will likely be “probably the most highly effective Floor Laptop computer ever constructed” when it arrives later this yr.
Previous is new once more: AMD relaunches Ryzen 7 5800X3D
Whereas we’re digesting all of the information from Nvidia, let’s examine in with AMD. The corporate has introduced it is relaunching its Ryzen 7 5800X3D gaming CPU as a “tenth Anniversary Version”. That is little doubt partly as a response to the continuing RAM disaster because it offers players a value-for-money upgradable AM4 system with DDR4 relatively than the dearer DDR5 DRAM.
AMD will launch it at $349 ($100 lower than its unique value) on June 25 and it might make for a very good choice for players and PC builders on a funds that do not want the newest and best.
“To rejoice the platform’s tenth anniversary, we created a particular version of the enduring Ryzen 7 5800X3D processor for Computex, the primary Ryzen CPU to characteristic AMD 3D V-Cache Know-how,” AMD stated in a press launch.
“The anniversary version is bundled with Carbice® Ice Pad™, a next-generation thermal interface materials designed to simplify set up and ship long-lasting thermal efficiency.”
First impressions with Asus’ new handheld
This week has already been a powerful week for gaming handhelds, however Asus is not staying quiet whereas Acer and MSI have all of the enjoyable. To rejoice the twentieth anniversary of the Republic of Players model, the corporate has launched the ROG Xbox Ally X20.
This new system makes use of (principally) the identical {hardware} as final yr’s Xbox-themed handheld. You continue to get the highly effective efficiency of AMD’s Ryzen AI Z2 Excessive chip with 24GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD. Whereas not technically a completely new system, Asus has made some basic modifications beneath the hood and has additionally given the hand-held a regal makeover with hints of gold all through its design.
Here is our initial impressions after getting hands-on with it for ourselves.
Nvidia’s stock price took a dip despite the keynote
We’re all still reeling from Jensen’s reveal of the RTX Spark, which looks like Nvidia’s “Apple M1” moment (you can find out all about it here), but the stock price for Team Green has actually taken a dip. That’s probably not due to a bum keynote — but likely the simultaneous news coming out about the U.S. Commerce Department tightening export controls.
This closes a loophole that allowed Nvidia’s AI chip shipments to reach Chinese firms through Malaysian subsidiaries. This change could block hundreds of thousands of chips from reaching China and Wall Street reacted accordingly. Nvidia’s stock is currently down 1.45% at the time of writing.
The Acer Nitro XV273U F5 shocked me
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It started as a 540Hz QHD monitor (what seems to be the new hotness in monitors here at Computex), but one quick switch and you can get a full 1,000Hz!
Granted, it’s only possible at 720p, which means it’s limited only to the most cracked of esports athletes. But on screen images are literally so stable as they fly past at this mindblowingly smooth frame rate.
MSI’s made the most beautiful laptop I’ve ever seen…again
Before I Vincent van Go to sleep and leave you in the very capable hands of my fellow UK team to continue the reporting (had to get up real early for the Nvidia keynote this morning), I wanted to show you this.
However, not entirely sure how a passionate artist like van Gogh in his prime would’ve felt about being connected to a bunch of AI features like this… Can’t deny it’s real pretty though.
Let’s have some fun instead. I got to extensively test the Intel Arc G3 Extreme in a bunch of different handhelds (with the MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ being my personal favorite).
And frankly, it embarrasses AMD in frame rate smoothness and power efficiency — achieving the same FPS as the Ryzen Z2 Extreme at half the power.
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Game |
Settings |
Frames per second |
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Hogwarts Legacy |
1200p Medium w/ray tracing – XeSS 3 balanced with MFG 4x |
160 FPS |
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Battlefield 6 |
1080p High – XeSS 3 performance no MFG |
65 FPS |
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F1 25 |
1200p High w/ ray tracing – XeSS 3 auto with MFG 4x |
180 FPS |
Oh look! A data center!
And after saying “I won’t talk about data centers,” Cristiano is talking about data centers…
This is Dragonfly, and that’s all we know at the moment!
So with this explosion in token usage, Qualcomm’s mission is on making AI usage much more efficient, and this demo proves it.
Distributed AI across local and cloud built a website with 30% less tokens and a vastly reduced cost!
The token economy is being stretched
It’s estimated that 31.7 billion AI tokens will be used every 10 seconds in 2026.
That is a massive rise in the currency of AI, and proves the whole Jevon’s Paradox thing right with AI consumption — the more you optimize it, the more people will stretch how much it’s used.
“6G is going to turn us into walking cameras.”
Well, that’s slightly alarming. 6G connectivity is going to be the thing that brings these rapid AI experiences to life with always-on cameras in smart glasses, computing and sensors.
But still…do I want everyone to become a walking camera? Not so sure about that, chief!
Impressive car AI!
Multitasking between driving autonomy and AI conversation in the cockpit — this is nifty!
This is the AI-defined car, and it all looks rather impressive.
Making agentic more concrete
Cristiano’s talked a lot about the idea of multi-device agentic AI, but in this keynote he’s going to make it concrete, and on top of that show us where this is all going.
It’s all agentic
Stop me if you’ve already heard this! Looks like Qualcomm is flocking around agentic AI too, and figuring out a seamless transition between local and cloud AI across devices.
Given Snapdragon is basically in every device you can get, from earbuds and AI wearables (like smart glasses) to phones and laptops — all talking to each other — they’re in a good place to do this!
“I won’t talk about data centers.” I’ll hold you to that, Cristiano!
Here comes Qualcomm’s CEO!
Cristiano Amon has taken the stage… I wonder what’s going through his mind (and Qualcomm at large) now that they’ve got one helluva competitor in Nvidia looking to drink all of Windows on Arm’s milkshake with RTX Spark!
Jason England reporting for duty!
Fresh out of the Nvidia keynote, where we saw the biggest computing news of the decade in RTX Spark, I’ve hightailed it over to the Qualcomm keynote. Standby for live reporting from this next event (until they start talking about data centers…I’ve not had much sleep so may end up taking a nap when this happens).
Nvidia’s M1 moment?
The more we think about RTX Spark, the more it feels like Nvidia’s answer to Apple’s M1 moment. That’s obviously a huge claim, and we’ll need to see how these devices perform in the real world, but Nvidia appears to have all the pieces in place.
More importantly, this feels like one of the first times the Windows ecosystem has had the hardware, software, AI models, developer tools, and platform support all moving in the same direction.
There’s still a lot Nvidia needs to prove, though.
And that’s a wrap for Nvidia’s keynote
Nvidia is closing out the presentation with an AI-generated video recap (which is a little cringe) highlighting the biggest announcements from today’s keynote, including Vera Rubin, the new Vera CPU, and RTX Spark laptops.
That’s all from Nvidia for now, but don’t go too far, though. Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon is set to take the stage soon, and we’ll be back with live coverage of all the major announcements as they happen.
RTX Spark laptops are coming this fall
Nvidia says RTX Spark-powered laptops will launch later this fall from multiple hardware partners, although pricing remains under wraps for now. Huang also revealed that Adobe is rebuilding Photoshop and Premiere Pro to take advantage of RTX Spark’s architecture, suggesting some major AI-powered creative features could be on the way.
Nvidia’s RTX Spark chip is officially here
And there it is. Nvidia has officially taken the wraps off RTX Spark, a new “Superchip” designed to bring AI agents, content creation, and gaming together on a single portable device.
The specs are impressive: a Blackwell RTX GPU with 6,144 CUDA cores, a custom 20-core Grace CPU, one petaflop of AI performance, 128GB of unified memory, and 70 billion transistors built on TSMC’s 3nm process. Thanks to all of this, Nvidia also says it also supports demanding workloads such as editing 12K video, rendering massive 3D scenes, and running advanced AI agents locally.
Nvidia says the PC is about to be reinvented
After spending much of the keynote focused on AI infrastructure, Jensen Huang is finally bringing the conversation back to something a little closer to home: the PC.
Huang says Microsoft and Nvidia have spent the last three years preparing for what comes next, arguing that AI agents will fundamentally change how we interact with our computers.
Tomorrow’s PCs won’t just run applications. They’ll run autonomous AI agents that can understand what you’re asking, analyze files, conduct research, and assist with everyday tasks, says Huang.
Still waiting for the consumer stuff? So am I
Huang is currently deep in Nvidia’s AI infrastructure roadmap, explaining the software and services needed to deploy AI agents at scale. It’s certainly fascinating to look at where enterprise AI is heading, even if those of us hoping for more PC-focused announcements are still waiting.
For now, the focus remains squarely on the tools and platforms that Nvidia believes will power the next wave of AI applications.
Nvidia unveils a new CPU, but it’s not what you think
Nvidia has finally taken wraps off the new CPU, but it’s not what you think. After talking much about AI factories and data centers, Nvidia has unveiled Vera, a brand-new CPU architecture that Jensen Huang says was designed specifically for AI agents.
According to Nvidia, Vera CPU’s job isn’t just to run applications. Instead, it is built to orchestrate AI models, communicate with storage systems, and coordinate work across entire AI infrastructures.
Huang says traditional CPUs were designed for humans, while Vera is designed for a future where billions of AI agents are working alongside us. The specs are predictably eye-watering, with Nvidia claiming industry-leading single-threaded performance, up to 3.6TB/s of internal bandwidth, and 1.2TB/s of memory bandwidth.
We’re now talking about AI economics
If you’re hoping for consumer hardware news, we’re not there yet. Jensen Huang is currently explaining why Nvidia thinks “compute is revenue,” arguing that every token generated by an AI model translates into business value. That’s why Nvidia is increasingly focused on building complete AI factories rather than individual chips.
To support that vision, Huang has now spent a fair chunk of the keynote detailing Vera Rubin, Nvidia’s next-generation AI platform. The numbers are staggering: seven custom chips, six trillion transistors, more than 18,000 components on a single board, and over 1.3 million components (phew!).
Building AI factories
While we wait for more info on Nvidia’s new N1X/N1 chips, Jensen has started his keynote by discussing AI factories and how its systems will power them. For those worried about AI placing unnecessary demand on existing power grids, apparently, Nvidia’s systems will be able to work alongside them to ensure they aren’t overloaded.
Starting with AI
After a cinematic opening focused on AI’s growing role across industries, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has officially taken the stage at Taiwan. Huang opened with a personal touch, introducing his parents to the audience and calling it “very good to be home” before shifting focus to Nvidia’s vast ecosystem.
The CEO says today’s keynote will cover everything from supply chain to data centers, developers, and the end users ultimately benefiting from AI advancements.
And also, agentic AI. Huang says the industry is now shifting toward “useful AI” and agentic AI systems that can reason, take action, dramatically boost productivity, and how AI can be “profit generator” — as a journalist, though, I’m still not entirely convinced that promise applies equally across every industry.
Jensen has taken the stage
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has stepped out on stage for the company’s Computex 2026 keynote. The crowd in the Taipei Music Center is absolutely buzzing and hopefully, we get confirmation on Nvidia’s N1 and N1X chips soon. Stay tuned as there’s a lot more to come….
One for the books
Whether it’s at CES or here in Taipei at Computex, when Jensen Huang takes the stage at a Nvidia event, it’s usually a big thing. However, this year’s Nvidia keynote has the potential to be as big as when Jensen unveiled the RTX 50 series last year at CES and the company’s rumored N1X and N1 chips are why.
Nvidia has long made graphics cards for the best gaming PCs and, more recently, AI chips for data centers. However, the company has yet to make a CPU. If the rumors we’ve been following for the past two to three years turn out to be true though, this could be an absolute game changer. Imagine a Windows laptop with an integrated GPU powerful enough to rival dedicated graphics. That’s what the N1X chip is expected to bring to the table.
Remember ultrabooks? Well what if you had a thin, light and powerful laptop that could also play all the latest games incredibly well. With Nvidia’s N1X chips, that dream might be a reality sooner than you’d think. We’re only a few minutes away from Jensen taking the stage with our own Jason England right there to cover all the news live as it happens at the Taipei Music Center, so keep your browser locked on this page.
Bringing the fight to the MacBook Neo
We’re still waiting to see if Nvidia’s N1X chip will finally arrive but Qualcomm already has its own answer to the MacBook Neo with its new Snapdragon C chip. While we don’t have the full specs yet, this new chip should be comparable to the A18 Pro powering the Neo.
My advice, if you’re a Windows user considering the MacBook Neo for your next budget laptop, I wouldn’t pull the trigger just yet. By the end of Computex 2026, we’ll have a much better idea of what’s next for affordable Windows laptops.
MSI cooked with its latest Claw
Valve’s Steam Deck started the PC handheld revolution and Asus’ ROG Ally was the first Windows-based one but MSI has continued to iterate and improve on its own Claw handhelds. Now though, with its new MSI Claw 8 EX AI+, MSI has absolutely hit it out of the park.
From its new purple hue to the longer grips on the sides, the Claw 8 EX AI+ is a sight to behold and a joy to game on. While Jason did a full hands-on with it earlier in the day, I finally got. to try it for myself at an Intel event we attended. The longer textured handles really make a difference and I love how its 8-inch screen extends downward a bit. However, it was the extra power from the new Intel Arc G3 that really made this new handheld stand out.
While playing the new Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight on it, I almost couldn’t believe how buttery smooth gameplay was. The same was true while playing F1 2025. Obviously, we’ll have to get the Claw 8 EX AI+ into our lab for testing ahead of our full review but based on my experience so far, I think this is easily MSI’s best handheld yet.
We’ve got our seats
Jason is now inside the Taipei Music Center and just like the rest of us, he’s eagerly awaiting to hear what Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is about to reveal. I spoke with him just now and he had this to say:
“There’s a different energy this year. Everyone came to Nvidia’s keynote last year expecting a run of the mill GTC, and that’s exactly what we got. But something’s changed, The vibe has shifted — almost as if we’re about to see the biggest computing announcement of the past few years.”
So stay tuned as we have less than an hour to go until Jensen takes the stage.
Don’t forget the displays
New chips from Nvidia, Intel and Qualcomm are dominating the Computex 2026 news so far but there are plenty of exciting new accessories and peripherals be unveiled too. For instance, both Dell and Alienware are showing off plenty of devices and last week, our own Tony Polanco went hands-on with Alienware AW3426DW ultrawide gaming monitor.
Tony loved the original but this upgraded 34-inch ultrawide now sports an even faster 280 Hz refresh rate. Check out his full Alienware AW3426DW hands-on review and stay tuned as we’ll be meeting with Dell and Alienware on the show floor later this week to get a closer look at the rest of their new monitors and laptops.
And we’re in
After braving the humidity and the growing crowd, Jason now has his press pass for Nvidia’s Computex 2026 keynote. We’ll have more updates as he finds his way to his seat and settles in but for now, you can take a look at the rest of our Computex coverage here. On that page, you’ll find all the latest news on this year’s show as well as what we saw last year and the year before.
Also, don’t forget to check out our YouTube page, as together with Jason England and Anthony Spadafora, Paul Antill from our video workforce is right here documenting every thing and he’ll have loads of new uploads so that you can take pleasure in this week as effectively.
Intel is shaking issues up with Arc G3
Nvidia could also be all the main target proper now with Jensen’s keynote solely an hour and a half away however do not rule out Intel simply but. Yesterday, we acquired a hands-on take a look at Intel’s new Arc G3 chip and the brand new batch of PC gaming handhelds it is powering. And let me inform you first hand, we had been impressed.
From the brand new Acer Predator Atlas 8 to the OneXPlayer 3 and our favourite to this point, the MSI Claw 8 EX AI Plus, Intel is again in a giant manner with the G3. Throughout a gathering with the corporate yesterday, they defined that as an alternative of being a CPU with some GPU capabilities, this new System on a Chip (SoC) is a GPU first. We acquired to see numerous video games from the brand new Lego Batman to Forza Horizon 6 working on these handhelds and gameplay was buttery clean. Try Jason’s hands-on overview of the MSI Claw 8 EX AI Plus for extra.
Virtually there
Our personal Jason England will likely be masking all the newest information from inside Nvidia’s GTC keynote this yr. After stopping to take a couple of pics with a large Nvidia statue out entrance, he is in line and ready to move in. Whereas yesterday was sunny and pretty good right here in Taipei, at the moment it is overcast and fairly muggy.
Hopefully, the climate improves throughout the remainder of the week however by then, we’ll be on the present flooring testing the newest PC handhelds, laptops and extra.
Heading to Nvidia’s keynote
The Tom’s Information workforce is on the bottom right here in Taipei, Taiwan and we simply arrived on the Taipei Music Heart the place Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is ready to present his keynote tackle in two hours. From AI to GPUs and the long-rumored Nvidia N1X, there’s going to be numerous information popping out of this occasion.
Comply with alongside for all the newest as we’ll be contained in the venue sharing pics, movies and naturally, our ideas on all the large bulletins. In truth, we’ll be in Taiwan all week masking Computex and there is fairly much more to return if final yr’s present is any indication.