en.Wedoany.com Reported - Microsoft has unveiled the Surface Laptop Ultra, calling it the most powerful Surface laptop to date. Co-developed with NVIDIA, the device features an NVIDIA Blackwell RTX GPU, supports up to 128GB of unified memory, and is compatible with the full CUDA architecture. Microsoft states that the product is designed for creators, developers, and AI professionals who need to run high-intensity local workflows.
The Surface Laptop Ultra is expected to launch later this year. It is the first Surface laptop to combine the NVIDIA Blackwell RTX GPU with unified memory and CUDA, marking a further deepening of hardware collaboration between Microsoft and NVIDIA on the Windows platform.
The core highlight of the device lies in its local AI computing capabilities. Microsoft claims that based on NVIDIA's FP4 TOPS metric utilizing sparsity, the Surface Laptop Ultra can deliver 1 petaflop of AI compute power. The device can run models with up to 120 billion parameters locally and is equipped with up to 128GB of unified memory, dynamically allocable between the CPU and GPU. This unified memory design allows RAM to be prioritized for the most demanding tasks, supporting AI creation, 3D rendering, and workflows involving running multiple models simultaneously. The device is optimized for RTX Spark and tuned for the Windows system. Microsoft notes that the CPU architecture is designed with energy efficiency sufficient for all-day battery life, but this data is based on internal testing of pre-release units and may vary in actual use.
The Surface Laptop Ultra features a 15-inch mini-LED PixelSense Ultra touchscreen with a peak HDR brightness of up to 2000 nits, making it the brightest display Microsoft has ever produced. The screen has a pixel density of 262 pixels per inch and offers high color accuracy. The device also includes the largest haptic touchpad in the Surface series to date.
The launch of the Surface Laptop Ultra is part of a series of initiatives by Microsoft and NVIDIA to bring high-performance chips to Windows laptops. Previously, NVIDIA, Microsoft, and Arm all released previews hinting at a "New Era of PCs" to be announced at Computex 2026 in Taipei, where NVIDIA is expected to unveil its N1 consumer CPU. The Surface Laptop Ultra embodies Microsoft's hardware investment in this direction, with a strong focus on local AI workloads rather than relying on cloud processing.
Microsoft has not yet disclosed the product's pricing, specific configurations, CPU specifications, or regional availability. The company notes that the device is a pre-release product, features may change, and availability is subject to regulatory approvals in different regions.
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