
At CES 2017, Nvidia is bound to announce the launch of many new devices such an AI assistant and an Android TV. The tech giant will also talk about its Volta car supercomputer. The CEO of the company, Jen-Hsun Huang, argued that the future of technology stands in artificial intelligence. He was glad to declare that this future which might have seemed distant is now the reality.
On December 4th, Huang announced his company new products in Las Vegas during CES show. He also wanted to point out that Nvidia stopped being just a computer graphics chipmaker. This company is bound to help people live in a smart world dominated by artificial intelligence and supercomputers, but also homes and cars which listen to your commands.
Among all the products mentioned by him, Huang also talked about the option to stream games to Facebook Live to an AI microphone designed to allow you to control the Google Assistant implemented into your new Nvidia Shield Android TV. This is a really revolutionary invention. He also stated these represent the most prosperous times when it comes to the development of computer industry.
He is incredibly grateful for the invention of artificial intelligence which changed our lives and made possible the technology to which we were previously only dreaming of. Nvidia became famous through its graphics chips computers. Nevertheless, over the past years, this tech company based in Santa Clara, California has developed to cover several markets and industries, like artificial intelligence and automotive.
The successful results obtained in these new industries ranked Nvidia as the best-performing stock last year considering the S&P 500. Back in 2013 at CES, Nvidia thrilled their fans with their first Shield gaming product. The gadget represented the first step of Nvidia into offering an actual device to its customers. Their performance reached its peak at a time when companies like Sony were working hard to compete with Apple.
Since back then, Nvidia launched gaming tablets, but also an Android TV streaming box. On January 4th, Huang presented the new products which work with Google Assistant. The updated version of their Shield Android TV was estimated to cost about $199. A new controller and a remote are included in this price.
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