- AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su kicks off CES 2026 with keynote address
- Su says AI will soon need “Yottascale” power
- That’s about 10,000 times what was needed for the previous generation of computing.
The CEO of AMD has stated that the world of AI is about to enter a completely new era that will require enormous amounts of computing power.
In her keynote speech at CES 2026, Dr. Lisa Su said the world is ready to enter the ‘YottaScale’ era as the demand for AI and the power behind it continues to grow.
He predicted that the world would need up to 10 YottaFLOPS (a one followed by 24 zeros) by the end of the decade, about 10,000 times the amount of global AI computing seen in 2022, which was about one zettaflop (a one followed by 21 zeros).
A new era
Admitting that there is currently not enough computing available for all the things people want to do with AI, Su outlined AMD’s future strategy to address this.
“There has never, ever been anything like this in the history of computing,” he admitted.
Primarily, this will involve focusing on embedded systems, bringing together CPUs, GPUs, networking and software, which work together to efficiently scale AI infrastructure.
“AI is the most important technology of the last 50 years and I can say that it is absolutely our number one priority at AMD,” said Su.
“It’s already impacting every major industry, whether you’re talking about healthcare, science, manufacturing or commerce, and we’re just scratching the surface, AI will be everywhere in the coming years. And most importantly, AI is for everyone.”
Su introduced a number of new AMD products on stage during his keynote, including the company’s next generation of AI chips, including its MI455 GPU, EPYC Venice CPU, and Helios AI rack-scale solutions, all of which promise huge leaps forward in terms of performance and efficiency.
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