Jensen Huang teases reveal of 'a chip that will surprise the world' at next month's GTC

Jensen Huang teases reveal of ‘a chip that will surprise the world’ at next month’s GTC | PC Gamer Skip to main content Open menu Close main menu PC Gamer THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES US Edition UK US Canada Australia Subscribe Sign in View Profile Sign out Search Search PC Gamer Games Hardware News Reviews Guides Video Forum More PC Gaming Show PC Gamer Clips Software Codes Coupons Movies & TV Magazine Newsletter Affiliate links Meet the team Community guidelines About PC Gamer PC Gamer Magazine SubscriptionWhy subscribe?Subscribe to the world’s #1 PC gaming magTry a single issue or save on a subscriptionIssues delivered straight to your door or device From$1Subscribe now Don’t miss these Graphics Cards ‘Credible and reliable contacts’ claim Nvidia is releasing an RTX 5090-beating GPU around September time this year Graphics Cards Best graphics cards in 2026: I’ve tested pretty much every AMD and Nvidia GPU of the past 20 years and these are today’s top cards Graphics Cards Intel is still committed to evolving its Xe graphics architecture, though it’s only talking about AI data centers right now Graphics Cards Nvidia reportedly won’t release any new RTX graphics cards this year, and the RTX 60-series is said to be pushed back, too Graphics Cards Intel’s Arc B770 gaming graphics card claimed to be dead and the reason is inevitably AI Handheld Gaming PCs Panther Lake is simply begging to be stuffed inside a benchmark-crushing gaming handheld, but the price tag is likely to be brutal Graphics Cards Intel CEO commits to building new GPUs and has hired the engineer who designed some of AMD’s greatest graphics card hits to design them Graphics Cards Nvidia might be doing what was once unthinkable: asking Intel to make some of its future AI chips Gaming Laptops Nvidia’s long-awaited N1X Arm chip for the PC will be released within months according to a new report Graphics Cards Nvidia is reportedly looking to cut gaming GPU production by up to 40% in 2026 due to VRAM supply issues, but it’s not as bad news as you might think. 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From first-look trailers, interviews, reviews and explainers, we’ve got you covered. Signup + Once a month SFX Get sneak previews, exclusive competitions and details of special events each month! Signup + An account already exists for this email address, please log in. Subscribe to our newsletter Nvidia’s regular GTC conference will soon kick off, taking place in San Jose, between March 16 and 19. From its very beginnings in 2008, the event has been all about what GPUs can be used for, other than gaming. And as he is wont to do, CEO Jensen Huang has been talking up what to expect.In an interview with the Korea Economic Daily, Huang teased, “A chip that will surprise the world will be unveiled at GTC next month.” Naturally, he did not specify much more about the chip beyond this, though one has to wonder what it would really take to ‘surprise’ tech fiends these days. For instance, ‘a fresh GPU well within my budget’ may sound ridiculous, but a girl can dream.As for the ‘surprising chip’ itself, one could speculate that Huang is gesturing at the long-awaited N1X Arm chip for consumer PCs. For one thing, recent reports suggest the N1X could drop as soon as the end of March—so a deep dive right before, at GTC, would make sense. Related articles Jensen Huang talks AI’s insatiable appetite for GPUs at the World Economic Forum: ‘spot price of GPU rentals is going up, not just the latest generation, but two generation old GPUs’ Nvidia’s long-awaited N1X Arm chip for the PC will be released within months according to a new report Nvidia’s long-awaited N1X Arm chip for consumer PCs spotted in a near retail-ready Dell laptop Alternatively, the wider interview’s focus on AI could also be a clue as to the identity of the chip. Huang discusses Nvidia’s collaboration with SK hynix, and the latter company’s plans for HBM4. It’s hoped this latest iteration of super-fast memory can maximize the performance of Nvidia’s Vera Rubin chip (Nvidia has also reportedly already placed an order for Samsung’s next-gen High Bandwidth Memory, too).But besides that, Hu