The Ubiquitous Brain: Arm Unveils the Era of Physical AI and AI-Defined Platforms

At CES 2026, Arm positioned its Computing Platform as foundational to the convergence of “Physical AI” and “Edge AI,” enabling low-latency, privacy-preserving intelligence across sectors including automotive (shift from SDV to AI-defined platforms with Rivian, Tesla AI5, NVIDIA DRIVE Thor), robotics (Deep Robotics, Agility on Arm-based modules like Jetson Thor), personal computing (mainstream Windows on Arm and devices like Xiaomi Pad 7 Ultra), developer workstations (NVIDIA DGX SparkAI with GB10), wearables (Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses with neural control, Oura Ring 4), and smart homes (local processing aligned with Matter via Google Nest, Samsung, and LG), underscoring Arm’s energy-efficient performance as the backbone of ubiquitous on-device AI.