Nvidia announces RTX Spark launch events in Beijing, Berlin, Istanbul, Seoul, San Francisco and Taipei to mark its new Windows laptops
A new beginning for @Windows PCs deserves a global celebration. Join us at one of our @NVIDIARTXSpark launch events. Try out demos on the new laptops, pick up some swag, and enter for a chance to win an @ASUS ProArt P14 RTX Spark laptop signed by Jensen. Plus, more exclusive experiences to discover at each stop. Here's where we'll be: • Beijing • Berlin • Istanbul • Seoul • San Francisco • Taipei 📍Event details and how to join us coming soon.
Context
RTX Spark is Nvidia's bid to put its own chip at the center of Windows PCs built for local AI agents, a direct challenge to Intel, AMD and Qualcomm laptops.
Nvidia unveiled the RTX Spark superchip at GTC Taipei in May, and preorders for RTX Spark laptops opened at a Microsoft event in San Francisco on October 7. Nvidia says laptops ship October 16 and compact desktops follow in November. Only the Berlin event has published details so far.
Deep dive
On October 12, Nvidia posted that a new beginning for Windows PCs deserves a global celebration, inviting people to RTX Spark launch events in Beijing, Berlin, Istanbul, Seoul, San Francisco and Taipei to try demos, pick up swag and enter to win an ASUS ProArt P14 RTX Spark laptop signed by Jensen Huang. It said event details are coming soon.
TechPowerUp reported that the Berlin celebration takes place on October 16, the day the first laptops ship, at XPERION on Alexanderplatz. It said entry is free with registration, open to anyone 18 or older, and that Nvidia is lighting the Berlin TV Tower green. The event leads into GTC Berlin from October 20 to 22, with Huang's keynote on October 21.
According to Nvidia's blog, systems are coming from Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Microsoft, MSI and Gigabyte. TechPowerUp reported that Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra starts at $2,599 and reaches $5,899 with 128 GB of memory, and that the ASUS ProArt P14 starts at $2,599.99 in the US.
Dates and venues for the other five cities had not been published at the time of the post.
What to expect next
Watch for dates and venues for the Beijing, Istanbul, Seoul, San Francisco and Taipei events, and for early reviews of RTX Spark laptops after they ship on October 16.
Also watch Huang's GTC Berlin keynote on October 21 for sales figures or new RTX Spark models, and how Intel, AMD and Qualcomm respond with pricing on their own AI laptops.