In fact, since the beginning of this year, the market has already announced that NVIDIA is going to launch its first Arm architecture processor, N1X. Originally, the outside world expected that NVIDIA might officially debut this processor at COMPUTEX, but NVIDIA was still as tight-lipped about the new product as usual. However, the specification-related information that has been continuously leaked from the mainland shows that the strength of N1X cannot be underestimated. Did the WoA rely on it after the market?
WoA's discussions rise and fall
WoA (Windows on Arm) has never been a new thing, but it was not until last year that Microsoft and Qualcomm jointly launched Copilot+ PCs with Arm architecture processors that re-emerged and pushed the AI PC's head to its peak. However, a year has passed, if you actually visit the store, it is not difficult to find that the PC with Arm architecture processor is still not very good. Instead, the Copilot+ PC with Intel Lunar Lake or AMD Strix Point is more good. Therefore, WoA's discussion dropped to the bottom again.
The reason for its low discussion and buying popularity is nothing more than the lack of attractiveness of the product itself and fierce external competition. Although Qualcomm's Snapdragon X-series processors are scrambling to perform performance and battery life, their performance is often discounted by the weaker support of the Arm architecture, so the actual performance is not good; the battery life is definitely very impressive, but the opponent is also keeping up with the pace, like the aforementioned Lunar Lake, and even performing better than Snapdragon.
However, Snapdragon's original ambition was actually to sell at a low and medium-level market with an end price of around US$600. In fact, with Snapdragon's own strength, it is quite eye-catching in this market, but in fact, its opponents have already spread the long city in this market. Can't do the latest processor prices? No matter what, there are N-1, N-2 or even N-3 products that can be matched. In addition, Intel and AMD, which have already been familiar with the channels, each have support for channels such as store decoration or sales bonus. The bloodier thing is that consumers who buy the product at this price are often not very sensitive to specifications, so even though WoA is currently somewhat in North America, the overall penetration rate is still very low.
Can NVIDIA bring WoA back to the stage?This is also why N1X has the opportunity to let WoA take the page again. The biggest highlight comes from the self-developed GPU architecture. The number of CUDAs emitted is 6,000, which is close to the desktop RTX 5070 display card. Even if the estimation of performance is subject to the type and positioning of the printer, this scale is actually comparable to the Strix Halo, which is operated by the next door x86, and the integrated memory of the Arm architecture, means that the positioning of the N1X can also cover professional uses.
Of course, some people may doubt the generality of the Arm architecture in the professional field, but the current server processor Grace is originally an Arm architecture, so stacking applications on this architecture should not be difficult for NVIDIA.
In summary, although the launch time of N1X is still a mystery, it is indeed a detonation point that WoA urgently needs. I believe that the competitors of x86 are also watching the feasibility of Arm PCs. AMD has already publicly stated that it is developing an Arm architecture processor, and it depends on whether NVIDIA can bring WoA back to the stage.
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