- AMD’s CEO will ship the corporate’s CES 2026 keynote
- In saying this, Staff Purple dropped a touch that some revelations could possibly be made about shopper GPUs and CPUs
- These could also be easy teasers, or possibly we’ll see a brand new top-end RDNA 4 GPU
AMD might have a giant GPU shock up its sleeve for Nvidia on the CES 2026 present subsequent January, based mostly on a touch dropped by the CEO of Staff Purple.
This comes from the announcement that Lisa Su (noticed by TweakTown) is to ship AMD’s keynote at CES 2026, during which the CEO mentions there shall be revelations on the gaming entrance – and with Radeon and Ryzen merchandise.
The press assertion talks about Su’s keynote in broad phrases, but in addition touches on particular areas of tech, hinting that these would be the focus of no matter AMD has deliberate for CES 2026.
The important thing a part of the blurb is the next: “From the management of AMD Epyc processors within the information middle, to the acceleration enabled by AMD Intuition GPUs, and the developments pushed by Ryzen CPUs and Radeon graphics in AI PCs and gaming, AMD expertise continues to spur innovation.”
This means that AI and Epyc (server processors for information facilities) would be the primary thrust of her presentation, however the trace is that Su can even speak in regards to the shopper facet of AMD’s merchandise, with Ryzen CPUs and Radeon graphics talked about particularly.
Evaluation: intriguing prospects to pep up CES 2026
Okay, so figuring that AMD has concrete revelations to make when it comes to Ryzen and Radeon is a considerably tenuous conclusion to attract, granted – the CEO might simply be speaking basically phrases about the whole lot that AMD does.
Nonetheless, for me, this announcement does trace that one thing could be coming when it comes to each next-gen CPUs and GPUs from AMD. Bear in mind, these sorts of statements are fastidiously crafted, and clues are sometimes dropped to stoke hype effectively earlier than an occasion kicks off, and I feel this could be the case right here, notably once we contemplate what AMD has within the works.
Specifically, new Zen 6 processors and RDNA 5 graphics playing cards are within the pipeline. Taking AMD’s desktop Ryzen CPUs first, contemplating that the next-gen chips aren’t anticipated to debut till later in 2026, the very begin of the yr feels too early for an announcement – which is extra more likely to be saved for Computex (in the midst of the yr).
In the same vein, RDNA 5 GPUs (or they could be UDNA) could possibly be even additional out, with the present idea being they’re set for a 2026 or 2027 launch.
So, neither of those next-gen ranges is on the horizon, however it’s nonetheless potential we might some form of early teaser for them.
Or, on the graphics card entrance, there’s one other chance: there have been some rumors floating round that AMD might need one thing else deliberate in the best way of a higher-end RDNA 4 GPU.
Granted, there is not a lot room for maneuver when it comes to cramming one thing extra highly effective into the present vary of Radeon graphics playing cards – however the rumor mill has aired the concept of a top-end RX 9080 XT that primarily cranks the facility utilization and clock speeds to be an improve over the 9070 XT (which is about all AMD might do to make a extra performant board).
Is {that a} real looking prospect? I am not too positive, and rumors round this purported supercharged tackle the RDNA 4 flagship have died down of late. So, take this prospect with loads of warning – but when AMD does have one thing concrete for CES 2026 when it comes to GPUs, this may match.
Particularly contemplating that maybe Staff Purple may really feel the necessity to put out one thing to compete with Nvidia’s RTX 5000 Tremendous refreshes – which are actually rumored to be debuting at CES 2026, so the timing is smart.
I stay skeptical for now, however the very point out of each shopper CPUs and GPUs is definitely a sign that AMD may have one thing to say about new merchandise in these classes come CES 2026. And a head-to-head conflict between the RX 9080 XT and Nvidia Tremendous GPUs could be an fascinating prospect, to say the least.
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