Overview
- At a Windows and Surface event on Wednesday, October 7, Microsoft and NVIDIA showed hardware and software designed to run very large AI models on Windows and opened preorders for some devices.
- Microsoft announced the Surface Laptop Ultra with NVIDIA RTX Spark Superchip options, up to 128 GB of unified memory, and a US$2,599 starting price for preorders.
- NVIDIA revealed a DGX Station for Windows desktop aimed at professional users with up to about 748 GB unified memory and support for models at roughly the 1 trillion‑parameter scale, with availability planned for Q4 2026.
- Microsoft outlined a Windows AI stack that includes Agent 365, Microsoft IQ, Copilot, Autopilot and the MXC execution container SDK to let agents run in controlled environments while mixing local and cloud compute, though MXC technical details and SDK timing remain limited.
- Both companies highlighted app and game support—NVIDIA said it tested over 1,200 apps and Microsoft noted titles such as Call of Duty for RTX Spark next year—while stressing tradeoffs for users around privacy, latency, cost and device security as the software ecosystem matures.