Nvidia’s first-ever ARM-based SoC for Windows devices is said to arrive this year. HaYaO on X reports that Nvidia will announce two new chips: N1X at the end of this year and N1 in 2026.
Nvidia is expected to ship 3 million N1X chips in the fourth quarter of this year and 13 million vanilla N1 chips next year. Nvidia will partner with MediaTek to make these chips, and MediaTek is generating $2 billion in revenue from this joint venture alone, which will account for 8% of next year’s revenue.
Initially, Nvidia was expected to announce a new ARM-based SoC at CES 2025, but that didn’t happen. Nvidia used CES 2025 to promote its all-new RTX 50-series Blackwell gaming GPU lineup and new Project Digits AI super mini PCs. However, Nvidia is expected to show off its upcoming ARM-based SoC at Computex in May, and we have some details on the SoC’s architecture, core specs, and some performance numbers before the chip goes mainstream with ARM-based Windows. It is hoped that more details will be available. PC will be available later this year.
Nvidia has been developing its next ARM-based product since at least late 2023. Multiple reports have confirmed that the chip manufacturing giant wants to enter the Windows PC ecosystem and build its own chips to compete with Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm. Eventually, it will be the main competitor on the ARM side.
N1 and N1X appear to be the first model names for the SoCs that Nvidia will manufacture from this new joint venture with MediaTek. All we need to explain here is the name, N1X is likely Nvidia’s flagship model, N1 is the more mainstream option, and Qualcomm has the X Elite flagship SKU and the X Plus mid-range SKU Same as . Other details, including the SoC’s underlying architecture, remain a mystery.
It is expected that Nvidia will bring competitive SoCs to the Windows ecosystem. Nvidia is not a stranger to ARM-based products and has used them extensively in the server market with its Grace CPUs and multimedia/gaming-focused products with its Tegra processor lineup. I’ve been doing it.
