- AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su kicks off CES 2026 with her keynote
- Su says the AI will soon need “Yottascale” power
- That’s about 10,000 times what was needed for the previous generation of computers
The CEO of AMD has declared that the world of AI is entering a whole new era that will require massive amounts of computing power.
Dr. Speaking at her keynote at CES 2026, Lisa Su said the world is poised to enter the ‘YottaScale’ era as the demand for AI and the power behind it continues to grow.
She predicted that the world would need up to 10 YottaFLOPS (a one followed by 24 zeroes) by the end of the decade – about 10,000 times the amount of global AI computation seen in 2022, which stood at about one zettaflop (a one followed by 21 zeroes).
A new era
Admitting that there isn’t currently enough computing available for all the many things people want to do with AI, Su outlined AMD’s future strategy to address this.
“There’s just never been anything like it in the history of computing,” she admitted.
Primarily, this will involve a focus on integrated systems that bring together CPUs, GPUs, networks and software, all working together to efficiently scale AI infrastructure.
“AI is the most important technology of the last 50 years, and I can say that it is definitely our number one priority at AMD,” Su said.
“It’s already touching every major industry, whether you’re talking about healthcare or science or manufacturing or commerce, and we’re just scratching the surface, AI is going to be everywhere in the next few years. And most importantly, AI is for everyone.”
Su unveiled a number of new AMD products on stage during his keynote, including the company’s next-generation AI chips, including its MI455 GPU, EPYC Venice CPUs and Helios AI rack-scale solutions, all of which promise big leaps forward in performance and efficiency.
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