Mediatek Cancels Its Computex Keynote, Further Fueling Rumors That NVIDIA Will Debut a Laptop Featuring the Co-Developed N1 SoC

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By Peter Brosdahl

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A last-minute cancellation had some folks speculating that Mediatek CEO Rick Tsai stepped aside to allow Jensen Huang the spotlight for their N1 processor debut. Computex 2026 is barely a month away, happening from June 2-5, and the recently announced changeup is fueling rumors that the long-awaited processor, co-developed by MediaTek and NVIDIA, will at last make its debut. Mediatek CEO Rick Tsai was expected to deliver a keynote but has cancelled, stating that scheduling issues came up, but not before some thought it was a maneuver to allow NVIDIA’s CEO to take the reins at the event.

However, per an update from Computex, Dr. Rick Tsai’s absence is merely due to a scheduling conflict but it should be noted that mention of NVIDIA is left out in the following statement. NVIDIA’s keynote is planned for June 1.

“Many of our attendees have been eagerly looking forward to the keynote address by Dr. Rick Tsai, Vice Chairman and CEO of MediaTek. However, due to scheduling adjustments, we regret to announce that the MediaTek Keynote, originally scheduled for June 3, has been cancelled.

We sincerely apologize for any disappointment or inconvenience this change may cause to your plans.

We warmly invite you to stay tuned for the extraordinary Keynote from visionary leaders at Qualcomm, Marvell, Intel, and NXP, as well as this year’s Forum. We truly appreciate the continued passion and support from the global technology community for this event.”

– Computex

The N1/N1X is a SoC that is a highly anticipated package featuring a Mediatek ARM-based CPU paired with an NVIDIA Blackwell-based GPU. It has been designed for laptops, and leaks have begun to appear for it. NVIDIA has previously used a similar package in its DG1 Spark premium desktop offerings, so it will be interesting to see how the mobile version fares. The N1 package is said to share 128 GB LDDR5X memory, which would be a huge amount of RAM for a mobile device. Core counts have yet to be officially confirmed, but could be upwards of 10 e-cores and 10 p-cores, as seen with the D1 Spark.

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Peter Brosdahl
As a child of the 70’s I was part of the many who became enthralled by the video arcade invasion of the 1980’s. Saving money from various odd jobs I purchased my first computer from a friend of my dad, a used Atari 400, around 1982. Eventually it would end up being a lifelong passion of upgrading and modifying equipment that, of course, led into a career in IT support.

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