Tech Brew Ride Home CES Day 2
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Jan 6, 2026 Nvidia is shaking up the game with its groundbreaking Vera Rubin AI platform and a fierce push into self-driving tech, setting its sights on rivals like Tesla. Meanwhile, AMD reveals its new high-performance MI500 AI chip, promising exciting advancements. Dell is making a comeback by reviving the XPS brand, and Lego is unveiling its Smart Brick, a major evolution for the toy giant. Plus, Roborock captivates with a unique stair-climbing robot that’s a leap into the future of home automation.
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NVIDIA's Vera Rubin Is A Rack-Scale Leap
- NVIDIA's Vera Rubin is a rack-scale AI platform combining six chips into one coordinated system.
- The company claims Rubin trains some LLMs with one-quarter the GPUs and at one-seventh the token cost of Blackwell.
AMD Teases 2nm MI500 For AI Servers
- AMD teased CDNA-6 MI500 chips built on a 2nm node and promised massive performance gains over predecessors.
- The MI500 family targets 2027 availability and aims to compete with NVIDIA in data-center AI workloads.
NVIDIA's Big Bet On Automotive Autonomy
- NVIDIA is pushing into automotive with Drive AGX SoCs and a roadmap toward L4 robotaxis and L3/L2++ consumer features.
- The company expects trials in 2026, partner robotaxi deployments in 2027, and personally owned autonomous cars by 2028.