Advanced Micro Devices CEO Lisa Su showed off the company's MI455 GPU chips on Monday at the CES trade show in Las Vegas.

CES 2026, the annual consumer tech conference held in Las Vegas, is here. And lucky for you, we have TechCrunch editors and reporters on the ground to cover the news, scout out the interesting, weird,

AMD is launching the Ryzen AI 400 at CES 2026 as the next chip in the company’s CPU roadmap, with what appears to be a similar goal as the current Ryzen AI 300: Aim high on CPU performance, but with sufficient AI TOPS and battery life to attract mainstream laptop buyers,

AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) had a pretty solid 2025. The stock gained close to 80% through the year amid optimism about the company’s AI business with compelling product launches and notable contract wins. Additionally, check out Can Broadcom Stock Rally 30%? So what does 2026 have in store?

At CES 2026, Asus unveils the latest Asus Zephyrus G14, famously powered by AMD — until now. I’m terribly intrigued, and worried.

AMD is using CES 2026 to add a new Ryzen AI Max+ processor and a new Ryzen 9000 X3D chip, the Ryzen 7 9850X3D, to beef up its desktop offerings. But the real story might be in the software improvements made to its ROCm software stack.

Despite the headwind, analysts expect a 20% increase in the company's earnings for 2025 to $3.97 per share. Consensus estimates suggest that AMD's earnings could jump 62% next year to $6.46 per share. I think it could end up doing much better than that.

The price of gaming GPUs could soar in 2026, as NVIDIA and AMD reportedly prepare a series of significant price hikes across their consumer and AI-focused graphics cards. According to a report from South Korean outlet Newsis, high memory costs and booming AI demand are key factors behind the planned increases.

AMD, Apple, Palantir and Tesla were key movers. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang will give his speech at CES 2026 late Monday.