Anticipating CES 2025: What to Expect from the Upcoming Tech Showcase
The festive season is just starting, yet excitement for CES 2025 is already surfacing. As the New Year approaches, members of our Engadget team will be gearing up for a journey to Las Vegas to report on this premier annual technology convention. We’ve begun receiving a torrent of communications from various companies eager to share their innovations at the event, and our schedules are rapidly filling with appointments for discussions and demonstrations.
Drawing from past experiences and current industry developments, we can make some informed speculations about January’s presentations. Historically, CES has highlighted technologies ranging from televisions and automobiles to smart home devices and health monitoring gadgets, sprinkled with various laptops and accessories. For this upcoming event in 2025, one dominant theme anticipated is an increased integration of artificial intelligence across all aspects showcased on the exhibit floor. We can also expect an array of new processing units alongside fresh laptop models as well as a variety of wearables such as trackers for fitness or health monitoring devices—including those luxurious massage chairs that always catch attention.
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A Glimpse into January’s Innovations
Next-Gen Graphics Cards Unveiled by AMD and NVIDIA
This year marks a significant milestone for PC gaming enthusiasts with expected releases coming from major players in the graphics card industry. NVIDIA plans to introduce its much-anticipated RTX 5000 series during CES while AMD’s CEO Lisa Su has confirmed that we will witness next-generation RDNA 4 GPUs making their debut early next year. Out of these two manufacturers, AMD could particularly benefit from this upgrade; its previous Radeon 7000 lineup performed adequately within mid-tier offerings but lagged behind NVIDIA’s solutions concerning ray tracing capabilities—additionally struggling against NVIDIA’s AI-enhanced DLSS 3 method compared to its FSR technology.
“The RDNA 4 architecture not only promises impressive gaming performance boosts but also enhances ray-tracing capabilities while introducing fresh AI functionalities,” shared CEO Lisa Su during October’s financial briefing.
In terms of NVIDIA’s advancements, sources suggest that the RTX 5090 might deliver performance improvements up to an astonishing seventy percent over its predecessor RTX 4090—a unit many have heralded as extraordinarily powerful in prior analyses. Speculation indicates that other high-performance models may also enjoy enhancements between thirty-five percent and fifty-five percent effectiveness yields leading gamers currently equipped with upper-tier cards like RTX 4070 or 4080 may consider waiting before upgrading further while users holding onto GTX 3000 series or earlier GPUs might find it compelling enough now—affirming it’s an ideal moment! — Devindra Hardawar, Senior Reporter
The Rise of AI-Powered PCs Continues
I projected last year’s tech expo would be overtaken by discussions surrounding AI-enhanced PCs—and indeed this was largely realized throughout events last January! Progressively powerful neural processing units (NPUs) integrated within chips produced by Intel, AMD—and Qualcomm gained traction through additional commitment showcased via Microsoft Copilot+, promoting artificial intelligence-driven specifications across computers boasting no less than sixteen gigabytes RAM.
This coming exhibition in January promises further technological leaps especially geared towards capitalizing upon Windows’ impending support cessation in favoring upgraded machines outfitted touting Windows eleven straight out-of-box rather than mere OS upgrades provided by computer giants like Dell or HP alike!
Beyond continuous anticipation ridden marketing campaigns centered around artificial intelligence features observed throughout last year; key issues remain encountered regarding delivery reliability levels among firms with hopes elevated regarding expectations arriving without any bumps appear sensitive yet critical evidence requiring actual validation confronting aspirations shared post-renown hype surrounding personal computing! Complications arose owing aforementioned system vulnerabilities exhibited via Microsoft Recall highlighting failures perplexingly witnessing private data leaks underscoring demand accountability across industry developers entering uncertain realms ahead promising innovations mitigating over-confidence amidst scrutiny faced beginning early next cycle moving forward poised necessary adjustments required swiftly hereforth — D.H.
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