AMD joins companies canceling in-person CES attendance as Omicron spreads

Computer chip maker AMD is the latest to join a growing wave of tech companies to cancel in-person attendance at the CES trade show in Las Vegas, USA. — AFP/filepix

Advanced Micro Devices Inc., the second-largest maker of personal computer processors, joined the growing list of companies that have canceled in-person attendance at the CES trade show in Las Vegas, citing health concerns amid the spread of the latest variant of the Covid-19 virus.

"While the AMD 2022 Product Premiere was always planned as a digital-only livestream, our in-person engagements will now transition to virtual in the best interest of the health and safety of our employees, partners and communities,” AMD said in a statement Tuesday.