Updated
Updated · news.acer.com · Sep 3
Acer Unveils 1-Petaflop SFF RTX Spark Desktop at IFA 2026
Updated
Updated · news.acer.com · Sep 3

Acer Unveils 1-Petaflop SFF RTX Spark Desktop at IFA 2026

3 articles · Updated · news.acer.com · Sep 3

Summary

  • Acer used its Sept. 2 IFA 2026 press conference in Berlin to showcase the SFF RTX Spark, a compact desktop built for running agentic AI locally.
  • The design pairs NVIDIA’s RTX Spark superchip with up to a 6,144-core Blackwell RTX GPU, a 20-core Grace CPU and 128 GB of unified memory.
  • Acer said the system can deliver up to 1 petaflop of AI compute while keeping workloads on-device, targeting creators, AI developers and gamers seeking more privacy and less cloud reliance.
  • The desktop extends NVIDIA’s broader RTX Spark push into AI PCs shown at IFA, but Acer has not yet announced pricing or availability.

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