CES 2026: Day 1 roundup of the coolest tech on display
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CES 2026: Day 1 roundup of the coolest tech on display
"CEO Jensen Huang showed off Cosmos, an AI foundation model trained on massive datasets, capable of simulating environments governed by actual physics. He also announced Alpamayo, an AI model specifically designed for autonomous driving. Huang revealed that Nvidia's next generation AI superchip platform, dubbed Vera Rubin, is in full production, and that Nvidia has a new partnership with Siemens. All of this shows Nvidia is going to fight increased competition to retain its reputation as the backbone of the AI industry."
"The biggest buzzword in the air at CES is "physical AI," Nvidia's term for AI models that are trained in a virtual environment using computer generated, "synthetic" data, then deployed as physical machines once they've mastered their purpose."
"AMD CEO Lisa Su announced a new line of its famed Ryzen AI processors as the company continues to expand its footprint in the world of AI-powered personal computers.For gamers, AMD also showed off the latest version of its gaming-focused processor, the AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D.Meanwhile, Intel announced its new AI chip for laptops, Panther Lake (also known as the Intel Core Ultra Series 3), and said the company has plans to launch a new platform to address a growing market for handheld video gaming machines."
CES 2026 featured widespread AI integration across consumer and enterprise products. Nvidia emphasized "physical AI," training models in virtual environments with synthetic data and deploying them as physical machines. Nvidia demonstrated Cosmos for physics-based simulation, announced Alpamayo for autonomous driving, revealed Vera Rubin superchip production, and announced a Siemens partnership, plus staged small robots on stage. AMD introduced new Ryzen AI processors and the gaming-focused Ryzen 7 9850X3D. Intel unveiled Panther Lake (Intel Core Ultra Series 3) for laptops and plans a platform targeting handheld video gaming devices. The event underscored chipmakers' push into AI-enabled hardware.
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