Other chipmakers were also taking centre stage at CES.
Jensen Huang, CEO of chipmaking giant Nvidia – the world’s most valuable publicly traded company – delivered a nearly two-hour keynote, underscoring the company’s central role in the AI boom.
“We can now know that AI is going to proliferate everything,” Huang told a packed auditorium.
Nvidia’s industry rivals AMD, Intel and Qualcomm also gave keynote speeches at the show, seeking to reassure investors that the AI boom is durable.
AMD, in particular, introduced its next-generation AI chip and previewed a new data centre system called Helios.
SELF-DRIVING VEHICLES TAKE OVER
Meanwhile, autonomous driving technology also dominated the show floor at CES.
While it was once the premier venue for debuting electric vehicles, EVs have taken a back seat this year.
From planes and sports cars to 60,000-pound combine harvesters, self-driving systems were part of nearly every vehicle showcased.
Automation could significantly improve productivity, said American corporation John Deere, which manufactures agricultural machinery and heavy equipment.
“We have a customer here in the booth and he has told us that he can see 30 per cent productivity with the use of our automation packages,” said Dawn Willett, embedded software engineering manager at John Deere.
