Nvidia ARM-based PC chips to launch in 2025 to rival AMD and Intel

Nvidia has ambitious plans for the PC market, but will they really challenge AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm?

According to a report from Digitimes, Nvidia plans to launch new ARM-based PC chips in September 2025. These new chips will combine ARM-based CPU cores with Nvidia graphics, targeting the premium PC market. This is the same area of the PC market that Qualcomm has recently targeted.

While commercial availability may not start until 2026, Nvidia’s ARM-based SOCs can transform the PC market. For starters, Nvidia already has a dominant position within the GPU market. That alone should help Nvidia support more games and other GPU-accelerated software with their new SOCs. This is an area where ARM has had issues and somewhere where Nvidia could thrive.

Nvidia has already confirmed that it plans to compete with AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm in the AI PC market. Earlier this year, Dell’s CEO, Michael Dell, said to “come back next year” when asked about Nvidia-based AI PCs. In response to Michael Dell’s comment, Nvidia’s CEO, Jensen Huang, responded with the word “exactly.”

Nvidia has experience building ARM-based CPUs. They created the SOC behind Nintendo’s successful Switch console, their own ARM-based “Grace” CPUs, and will be powering Nintendo’s next-generation gaming system. There is no reason why Nvidia couldn’t create a powerful ARM-based PC CPU.

(Nvidia has already created ARM-based SOCs for gaming devices like Nintendo’s Switch)

Sadly, it’s unknown what Nvidia’s planned ARM-based AI PC chips will look like. Can Nvidia deliver enough CPU performance to surpass AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm? Will they be relying on their GPU and AI capabilities to gain market share? Will these CPUs be good for gaming? I guess we will find out next year.

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