CES 2026

Tom's Hardware CES 2026
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The world's largest and most popular tech show, CES, takes place in Las Vegas from January 6 to January 9, 2026.

Tom's Hardware will be on the ground, meeting with the movers and shakers and getting hands-on with some of the latest upcoming products days before the show officially starts.

▪️Nvidia Keynote - Monday, January 5, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. PT
▪️Intel Keynote - Monday, January 5, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. PT
▪️AMD Keynote - Monday, January 5, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. PT

Best of CES 2026, Tom's Hardware
Best of CES 2026: Innovating amidst the RAM and storage apocalypse Panther Lake laptops, desktop design innovations, impressive peripherals, and brighter, bigger displays.
Ryzen 9000
AMD's heavily-rumored Ryzen 9 9950X3D was a no-show at CES 2026, but it's still coming, according to Alienware AMD didn't announce the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 at CES 2026, but others have come to the rescue. Alienware China has posted a video on its BiliBili account showing the 9950X3D2 coming to its Area 51 desktop, confirming the chip exists. Moreover, a UK-based system integrator has also put up the 9950X3D2 on its website as part of a workstation.
A Panther Lake test system.
Intel Panther Lake pre-release testing delivers over 80 fps in Cyberpunk, 100 fps in F1 — Arc B390 offers playable 1080p frame rates with XeSS quirks in our hands-on tests Panther Lake’s 12 Xe3 cores can deliver some serious gaming horsepower, but the software still needs work

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Keyboard giant Keychron unveils new Nape Pro trackball with programmable buttons

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Keychron's Nape Pro made an appearance at CES 2026.

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AMD's heavily-rumored Ryzen 9 9950X3D was a no-show at CES 2026, but it's still coming, according to Alienware

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Along with a British system integrator who's putting it inside a workstation.

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