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Nvidia's first laptop processor, RTX Spark, goes on sale in laptops from $2,599
Orders are open for laptops with Nvidia's RTX Spark N1X, an Arm-based chip for laptops and small desktops meant to rival Apple, Intel, AMD and Qualcomm. Models come from Microsoft, HP, Lenovo, Asus and Dell, starting at $2,599. Tom's Hardware found Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra powerful with a bright screen, but heavy and loud, and said Windows does not yet take advantage of RTX Spark. Ars Technica said it delivers on most of Microsoft's promises.
Read in the Fri, Oct 16 brief →Nvidia’s chip-factory software gets speedup claims from Applied Materials, KLA and Lam
Nvidia announced cuPotential, an early-access library for simulating atoms and molecules on GPUs. Partners reported results with its other libraries: Applied Materials says chamber simulations run up to 35x faster, and KLA says an inspection step runs 50x faster than its earlier CPU version.
Read in the Wed, Oct 14 brief →