Nvidia (NVDA) Rises Nearly 2% as Vera CPU Hits Mass Production, RTX Spark Targets PC Market

Nvidia shares advanced nearly 2% to $215.30 in premarket trading on June 1, 2026, following CEO Jensen Huang's Taipei GTC keynote that unveiled mass production of its Vera data center CPU and a new push into the PC CPU market with the RTX Spark super chip. Huang confirmed the Vera Rubin architecture has entered volume production, with the Vera CPU set for manufacturing in the third quarter of 2026, and initial deployments by OpenAI, Anthropic, and SpaceX. The RTX Spark chip, co-developed with MediaTek and built on TSMC's 3-nanometer process, integrates a 20-core CPU with a 6,144-core Blackwell GPU. It will run Microsoft's Windows for Arm and is slated for high-end laptops and desktops in fall 2026. Additionally, Nvidia expanded its robotics ecosystem, introducing the Isaac GR00T humanoid reference platform in partnership with China's Unitree, featuring the H2 robot with Blackwell-based Jetson Thor modules and five-fingered hands from Sharpa.