NVIDIA’s keynote at CES 2026 was centered on AI and enterprise, with no announcements related to new gaming GPUs or consumer graphics cards.
Key Announcements
- Rubin AI Platform in Production: NVIDIA has started full production of its next-generation Rubin AI platform, the successor to Blackwell. It includes the Rubin GPU (336 billion transistors) and Vera CPU (88 custom Olympus cores). The platform is designed for AI data centers and promises 5x higher AI inference performance over Blackwell.
- Alpamayo Autonomous Driving Models: NVIDIA introduced Alpamayo, a family of open-source reasoning models for autonomous vehicles. The flagship Alpamayo 1 is a 10-billion parameter model capable of human-like reasoning in unexpected driving scenarios. Mercedes-Benz CLA 2025 will be the first vehicle to ship with NVIDIA’s full autonomous stack.
- DLSS 4.5 & G-Sync Pulsar: In a separate briefing, NVIDIA announced DLSS 4.5, featuring reduced ghosting and shimmering, 6x multi-frame generation, and dynamic frame generation (spring 2026 release). Also unveiled was G-Sync Pulsar, a flicker-reduction technology for displays, with pre-orders opening January 7.
Context & Availability
- The Rubin platform will be available through server partners in H2 2026 and will be adopted by major cloud providers (AWS, Microsoft, Google) and AI labs (OpenAI, Meta, xAI).
- NVIDIA stated no new gaming GPUs were announced at the event.
- Industry-wide memory chip shortages, driven by AI data center demand, are affecting DDR5 and SSD pricing and may impact future GPU availability.
