An engineering sample of NVIDIA’s upcoming N1 SoC motherboard has surfaced online, giving an early look at the company’s push into AI-powered Windows laptops, and the leak points to a strong focus on high-performance memory, compact design, and Copilot+ support.
Over on the Chinese Goofish resale platform, a seller has listed what appears to be a prototype motherboard built around the NVIDIA N1 SoC, which targets the AI PC segment and is designed to run Windows on Arm with full support for Microsoft’s Copilot+ features.
Early design points to laptop and tablet use
The motherboard clearly follows a compact layout, which suggests NVIDIA is building this chip for laptops, although the seller claims the design can also support powerful tablets, and this flexibility lines up with the growing demand for thin AI-capable devices.
The N1 SoC sits at the center of the board and stands out as the largest component, surrounded by eight LPDDR5X memory modules that total 128GB and run at 8533 MT/s, using SK hynix ICs, which shows NVIDIA is aiming for serious multitasking and AI workloads.
The board includes an 8+6+2 phase VRM setup, along with two M.2 2240 slots for storage, and it also features built-in WiFi alongside several I/O options such as USB, HDMI, USB Type-C, and a combo audio jack, while extra PCB traces hint at expanded connectivity in final versions.
Cooling will likely rely on a blower-style fan paired with a heatsink over the SoC, which suggests NVIDIA expects sustained performance under load.
The listing shows a price of around $1400, though it likely serves as a placeholder, and with reports pointing to a launch later this year, NVIDIA could reveal more about its Windows on Arm plans at Computex 2026.
