The best reason to care about Nvidia’s RTX Spark: ‘everything’ will run on Arm
The original Microsoft Surface, which ran a stripped-down version of Windows on an Nvidia Tegra chip, bombed so hard that Microsoft had to write off $900…
The Verge reports that the original Microsoft Surface, which ran a stripped-down version of Windows on an Nvidia Tegra chip, bombed so hard that Microsoft had to write off $900 million in inventory.
Fourteen years ago this month, Microsoft released an Nvidia-powered Windows PC that would become one of the greatest tech flops in modern history.
This technology story centres on the United States. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include Nvidia’s RTX Spark, Arm and Microsoft Surface.
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