NVIDIA’s plans to enter the CPU market for gaming laptops are generating buzz. According to a report by The Verge, the company might launch a new gaming CPU on Alienware laptops by late 2025 or early 2026. This CPU will be developed in collaboration with MediaTek, combining Arm architecture with NVIDIA’s latest Blackwell GPU architecture.
This new CPU could potentially outperform Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X chip, which has limitations that prevent it from reaching its full potential. NVIDIA’s current graphics processing chips for laptops are already popular, but the addition of an Arm-based CPU could improve overall processing performance.
Rumors of NVIDIA’s Arm-based chip development have been circulating since 2023. A leaked clip on the YouTube channel Moore’s Law is Dead showed NVIDIA’s APU, which is expected to have a power consumption of around 80-120W.
NVIDIA isn’t the only company working on new chips. MediaTek is developing its own Arm-based chip, while AMD has a project to create an Arm-based chip for Microsoft Surface laptops. The competition is heating up, and gamers may soon have more options for powerful and efficient laptops.