MANILA, Philippines – If there’s one {industry} that wastes no time in any respect to flaunt its wares, it’s client electronics.
On the Client Electronics Present (CES), held yearly typically lower than per week into the brand new yr, among the world’s largest client tech manufacturers showcase the brand new tech of their newest TVs, home equipment, and in recent times, autos which have turn out to be extra digital and linked.
Right here’s a fast preview of what we’re enthusiastic about.
- The potential announcement of NVIDIA’s RTX 50 collection graphics playing cards
In case you’d been tuning in to The Sport Awards again in December, you’d have already caught a glimpse of the ability of the brand new GPUs (graphics processing items).
The trailer for the extremely anticipated Witcher IV had tiny print saying “pre-rendered in Unreal Engine 5 on an unannounced RTX GPU.” There’s a very good probability that’s the RTX 50, significantly the anticipated RTX 5090 flagship.
There’s already been a leak in regards to the 5090, and it’s anticipated to have 21,760 CUDA cores — a 33% enhance from its predecessor. The extra CUDA cores, the upper the rendering energy.
Whereas gaming is actually probably the most thrilling facet for many customers, NVIDIA — which has turn out to be the world’s largest when it comes to market capitalization at $3.4 trillion in November — and its chips are in large demand in AI information facilities.
The corporate and its chief govt officer Jensen Huang, at their CES keynote (January 7, 9:30 am, Manila time), will “spotlight AI-powered applied sciences, immersive gaming experiences, and groundbreaking automotive developments.”
The brand new RTX 50 collection options Blackwell structure — the identical one used for its information middle chips which have obtained industry-wide endorsements for efficiency from the likes of Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, and Tesla and xAI CEO Elon Musk.
- Don’t neglect about AMD and its RDNA 4-based RX8000 GPUs
AMD can be anticipated to announce its next-generation RDNA 4-based RX8000 GPUs. “Along with a powerful enhance in gaming efficiency, RDNA 4 delivers considerably larger ray tracing efficiency, and provides new AI capabilities. We’re on monitor to launch the primary RDNA 4 GPUs in early 2025,” CEO Lisa Su stated in October, reported by Tom’s {Hardware}.
AMD has a really totally different technique from NVIDIA although. With NVIDIA taking an almost monopolistic 88% share of the GPU market, AMD isn’t searching for to compete within the flagship tier.
AMD’s Jack Huynh, senior vp, informed Tom’s {Hardware}: “Sure, we may have nice, nice, nice merchandise. However we tried that technique [King of the Hill] — it hasn’t actually grown…. I wish to construct the most effective merchandise on the proper system worth level. So, take into consideration worth point-wise; we’ll have management.”
Translation: mid-range merchandise which can be extra reasonably priced to an even bigger variety of players.
The keynote is on January 7, 2 am, Manila time:
- A attainable HDMI 2.2 announcement
Who geeks out a couple of new HDMI commonplace? Avid gamers, in fact, and residential theater aficionados.
You want a correct cable and port so as to use a monitor or a GPU’s finest options. And HDMI 2.2 (the primary full replace since HDMI 2.1 in 2017), as anticipated, will probably be supporting larger resolutions, reportedly as much as 10k, and better refresh charges of as much as 120Hz at 8K decision, as reported by Tom’s {Hardware}.
Principally, what all of this implies is best eye sweet for all involved…and the eventual necessity of customers having to purchase new cables.
- New TV tech
Whereas vehicles have gained steam at CES (and in 2025, extra electrical autos and AI automotive options are anticipated) it will probably nonetheless be argued that TVs are the primary star of this commerce present.
Yearly, we see a great deal of attention-getting merchandise comparable to rollable and clear TVs.
Have a look at this one from CES 2024:
2025 appears to be the identical.
Samsung, which is pushing for an “AI Residence,” in accordance with its CES press launch, is trying to carry extra screens to home equipment like washing machines and fridges. It’s one thing the model has already performed, however desires to proceed to develop. Its major keynote has a theme of “AI for All: On a regular basis, In every single place,” which simply tells you that AI will stay the largest development for the present in 2025.
Again to shows, leaks level to an even bigger QD-OLED TV, rising from a “mere” 77 inches to a brand new record-high 83 inches for Samsung’s QD-OLED format.
Samsung’s keynote might be watched at information.samsung.com/world on January 7, 5 am, Manila time.
TV rival LG, in the meantime, additionally has an AI theme of “Life’s Good 24/7 with Affectionate Intelligence.” Its keynote will probably be streamed on YouTube.
- Rollable laptops, and laptops in even weirder varieties
CES is a spot for every kind of laptops morphing into bizarre shapes and varieties. Certain, you may have the standard annual {hardware} updates from the likes of ASUS ROG, which may have its keynote streamed on its web site (January 7, 11 am, Manila time), however should you’re a laptop computer maker and you might want to get further eyeballs in your model, you might want to provide you with one thing somewhat wilder.
We’ve seen dual-screened laptops from the likes of ASUS, and a Home windows-Android hybrid from Lenovo in previous years, in addition to a military of laptops with AI options and numerous implementations of Microsoft Copilot. In 2025, anticipate extra laptops with these AI options.
Right here’s an instance from 2023:
However one product that has already leaked is a rollable laptop computer, as reported by famous leaker Evan Blass. It’s supposedly a “sixth technology Lenovo Thinkbook Plus” whose major display you may pull for a bigger, longer display.
Wild? Sure. However these are the sorts of machine evolution that make CES fairly enjoyable to keep watch over.
Do be part of us as we monitor for these developments and product bulletins to be made on the present. – Rappler.com
