From PC World: You might not know it, but Nvidia builds a lot of Arm processors. In addition to its self-branded and much-loved SHIELD set-top boxes, it makes the Tegra heart of every Nintendo Switch, now over 140 million of them as its generation winds down.
According to a new report, Nvidia wants to develop a Snapdragon competitor for Windows-based hardware as soon as next year.
DigiTimes Asia reports that Nvidia is designing a combined CPU-GPU system-on-chip specifically for consumer PCs, which would compete head-to-head with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X series. That would give manufacturers like Dell, Lenovo, Acer, and others a secondary option for Arm-based Windows machines, broadening the market to include four major players: Intel, AMD, Qualcomm, and now Nvidia.
The report says that Nvidia is hoping to launch the SoC product in September 2025, with consumer machines ready to roll out in early 2026. That would presumably put it past the exclusivity agreement between Microsoft and Qualcomm for Windows on Arm-based hardware (though the specifics of that deal have never been verified). It’s also worth pointing out that an elevated patent dispute between the Arm corporation and Qualcomm might have Microsoft and its partners eager to diversify their hardware options.
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