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Electronics firms from around the world are set to show off their latest
innovations and technologies at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) slated to
kick off in the United States next week, organizers said Friday.
The
CES, one of the world's biggest technology fairs, is scheduled for Tuesday
through Friday in the desert city of Las Vegas, featuring roughly 3,000
companies at a record size of exhibition space, according to the
organizers.
"With the largest show floor in history, more innovative
technologies and services will launch at the 2013 CES than anywhere else in the
world," said Gary Shapiro, president of the Consumer Electronics Association
(CEA) which organizes the annual event.
"From cloud-based services,
advancements in digital health, connected vehicle technologies, the latest apps,
flexible devices and beyond, the innovations unveiled at the 2013 CES will
create new jobs and further economic growth around the world," he said in an
earlier press release.
Among this year's participants are major global
players such as Qualcomm and Sony as well as homegrown tech behemoths Samsung
Electronics and LG Electronics.
While the two companies are set to
showcase their extensive line of home appliance products, including washers,
refrigerators and monitors, eyes are also following the TV competition between
the rivals.
At the 2012 CES, Samsung and LG competitively showed off
their 55-inch organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TVs with plans to
commercialize them in the same year.
This year, they plan to focus on
bolstering their existing ultra high-definition (HD) TV line-ups.
Samsung plans to exhibit a 110-inch ultra HD TV, while LG will unveil an
expanded line-up of ultra HD TVs, with 55-inch and 65-inch panels added to the
84-inch version.
Meanwhile, local automakers Hyundai Motor and Kia
Motors are also set to take part in the event as they move to develop future
technologies that converge with vehicles.
A record number of eight
automakers, including the South Korean firms as well as Audi and Chevrolet, will
be holding exhibitions at more than 100,000 net square feet of exhibition space,
according to the CEA.