Future Support for Windows ARM and NVIDIA RTX Spark?

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Hello Derivative Team,

I have a question regarding the future of TouchDesigner on Windows ARM platforms.

With NVIDIA recently announcing the RTX Spark platform, there is growing interest in high-performance ARM-based Windows devices that offer powerful GPU and AI capabilities, unified memory architectures, and CUDA support.

Currently, I understand that TouchDesigner does not officially support Windows on ARM. However, I am curious whether ARM support is being considered for the future, especially as platforms such as RTX Spark become more common.

For users working with TouchDesigner in areas such as real-time graphics, AI integration, and interactive installations, ARM-based systems could become very attractive if native support were available.

Are there any plans, investigations, or long-term considerations regarding:

  • Native Windows ARM support for TouchDesigner

  • Compatibility with NVIDIA RTX Spark devices

  • Support for CUDA and GPU acceleration on future ARM-based Windows systems

I understand that this may not be on the current roadmap, but I would appreciate any insight into how the team views ARM platforms in the longer term.

Thank you for your time and for the continued development of TouchDesigner.

Best regards,

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Hey,

Thanks for the question. Yes, if the Windows ARM hardware grows in market share then we’ll add support. It’s a very similar process to when we added support for ARM on macOS.

For now though I think you should be able to run TouchDesigner via the emulation those devices have.

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