San Francisco, December 29, 2018 : .The US-based semiconductor manufacturer AMD and gaming PC maker MSI have joined the increasing number of companies that have decided to not attend CES 2022 in Las Vegas.
This is due to the escalating cases of Omicron Covid-19. Consumer Technology Association (CTA), which is the governing body for CES, intends to proceed with the show.
However, many tech companies such as Google, Intel and Microsoft, Lenovo T-Mobile AT&T Meta, Amazon TikTok Pinterest Alphabet-owned Waymo will not be attending the electronics trade show.
AMD has decided that it will no longer be present at CES 2022 Las Vegas.
Instead, they will transition to a digital experience.The AMD 2022 Product Premiere had been planned to be a livestream that was digital only.
However, in order to ensure the safety and health of employees, communities, and partners, we will transition our in-person interactions to virtual.A company spokesperson stated that they look forward to sharing all their exciting news on January 4.
Although OnePlus didn’t have a planned official presence in Las Vegas, it is now scrapping all plans for an in-person presence.
According to CNET, the smartphone manufacturer had previously stated that it will introduce the OnePlus 10 Pro in January.
TechCrunch was informed by the CTA that more than 2,200 companies have been confirmed as participating in-person in CES 2022 in Las Vegas.
“Since December the Omicron variant is rapidly spreading and has caused a spike in Covid-19 cases in the USA.Our top priority is the health and wellbeing of all our customers, employees and fans.MSI posted that they have decided to not participate at CES 2022 in person and would like to join them virtually via our online product launch.”
Lenovo stated in a tweet that it had previously said: “After closely watching the trends surrounding Covid,” It is in the best interests of the safety and health of our customers, employees, partners and communities to suspend any on-site activity at Las Vegas.
Mike Sievert from T-Mobile, CEO, has announced that his company will not be at the largest electronic show in the world next month.
This event will be the world’s largest tech conference and showcase first-time innovation in Blockchain-based non-fungible tokens (NFTs), remote healthcare solutions, self driving cars, gaming, space tech, and food.
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