CES History

2003 began a long series of shows where Microsoft was the keynote performer, often with CEO Bill Gates as the presenter.

At CES 2004 the same year Engadget launched , the Blu-ray Disc Association, with members including Sony, Panasonic, Pioneer, Philips and Samsung, held its first US press conference to promote the format.

2005 CES becoming the biggest consumer electronics tradeshow in the world with number of attendees of 150000.

2006 Variety of new digital content services is presented.

CD sales hit 200 billion units in 2007 but have declined ever since, thanks to digital streaming and downloads.

They needn't have worried, because Blu-ray definitively killed its HD DVD rival at CES 2008, when Warner Bros. announced that it would produce disks only for Sony's format.

2010 very reach year for dozens of innovative products Intel Core i7 computers processor debuted, the very first tablet PC, world s first netbook, variety of Android based portable devices.

2011 lots of new tablets from different manufactures were introduced, such as Motorola Xoom.

Kensho tracked the performance of semiconductor ETFs over the last eight years during CES and concluded that more gains could be in store for the SMH this week Since 2012, the VanEck Vectors Semiconductors ETF logs an average gain of nearly 1 during the four-day span of the event.

2014 The very first Li-Fi smartphone debuted.

2015 hit a new record as the largest CES tradeshow though the entire history of the event.

In 2016 CES will be hosting over 3600 companies across 2.4 million square feet exhibition areas.