FINDING THAT SPARK
Remember when people used to camp outside Apple stores? It feels like our excitement for hardware has gone the way of the iPod. Unless you’ re a PC-building savant, you probably haven’ t felt tech-envy in more than a decade. Perhaps NVIDIA remembered this as they developed the RTX Spark, a chip designed to integrate AI with consumer market devices, creating what Jensen Huang claims will be as big as when the standard phone was transformed into a multi-faceted smart device. The device will allow creators, developers and gamers to render up to 90GB + 3D scenes, edit 12K video, and play memory-heavy games at 1440p at more than 100 frames per second. The NVIDIA website describes the chip as a new class of computer that“ moves from tool to teammate”. It might not have the glitz and glamour of a new iPod, but from a functionality point, it dazzles.