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Nvidia to spark PC reinvention

The beginning of the end for x86?

Jun 02, 2026
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Credit: Nvidia

Apple silicon, Qualcomm ARM processors in Windows laptops, and now Nvidia’s RTX Spark. Is this the beginning of the end for the x86 architecture, which has dominated CPUs for the last 40-odd years?

The reality is much more nuanced. But it’s evident that the x86 architecture is facing its greatest challenge yet — at least on the consumer fr…

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