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The Vergecast

Nvidia just started a new chip war

The Vergecast

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Tech News, Technology, News

4.34.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Nvidia is betting that AI is going to change the way you use your computer — and with a new chip, the RTX Spark, it's hoping to ensure it powers that new-fangled AI machine. During a big week for the PC industry, with the Computex trade show and Microsoft's Build developer conference happening simultaneously, The Verge's Sean Hollister explains what's inside the Spark, why Nvidia is taking on Apple, Intel, AMD, and the rest of the chip industry, and whether the world's most valuable company has a shot at reinventing the personal computer. Without costing a fortune. Nvidia announces RTX Spark as ‘the most efficient PC chip ever built’ This is the Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra with Nvidia RTX Spark These are the first Nvidia RTX Spark laptops AMD’s new pitch: our old tech is so good you should just keep using it We’re also on video! Check us out on YouTube. Subscribe to The Verge for unlimited access to theverge.com, subscriber-exclusive newsletters and our ad-free podcast feed. We love hearing from you! Email your questions and thoughts to vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Support for today's show comes from Dell.

0:03.0

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They're there for those all-night study sessions, the moment you're working from a cafe and realize every outlet is taken,

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1:23.0

Hello and welcome to the Vergecast, the flagship podcast of Integrated Memory.

1:27.3

I'm your friend David Pierce, and on today's episode, we are going to talk about the

1:30.7

Nvidia RtX Spark, a new computer chip that Nvidia thinks might help it make a mainstream play

1:37.6

into laptops, and it might shake up the Windows industry for a long time.

1:42.3

The Virgil's senior editor, Sean Hollister, is going to come on,

1:44.6

we're going to talk all about it. But first, here's a look at everything else happening at the

1:48.3

Verge today. It's 90 seconds on the Verge for Tuesday, June 2nd, 2026. Today is Microsoft Build Day.

1:54.7

It's Microsoft's annual developer keynote. And in addition to lots of new Windows features

1:59.5

and lots of new AI developer tools,

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