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Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra Looks Like Its First True MacBook Pro Competitor
It’s Microsoft’s least-weird attempt at a high-end mobile workstation.
TL;DR
- Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra will use Nvidia's Arm-based RTX Spark chip.
- It is designed for creators, developers, and AI builders and will offer up to 128GB of unified memory.
- The device abandons previous convertible designs for a more traditional laptop form factor.
- It includes USB-A, USB-C, HDMI ports, an SD card slot, and a headphone jack.
- The RTX Spark chip has up to 20 Arm CPU cores and 6,144 GPU cores, offering performance similar to a desktop RTX 5070.
- Unified memory allows the GPU to access a larger portion of system memory, beneficial for AI workloads.
- Nvidia and Microsoft are working to improve gaming compatibility on Arm-based Windows PCs.
- The Laptop Ultra will be available later this year, with pricing and configurations yet to be announced.