Best of CES 2018: The one company vital to gaming, self-driving cars, and AI

Quartz's time at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has come to a close, and we've reflected on a week of being inundated with gadgets, technology, and pitches. Below is a list of which companies we believe won CES, which tried the hardest, and which embodied the spirit of the world's largest consumer electronics show. Rather than a breakout startup or one gadget that blew the show floor away, the talk of the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show were the mishaps of the show--the failed demonstrations, the flooding of Vegas and the subsequent power outages in one of the main halls. But in the background, one company solidified itself as a stalwart contender for winning the year: Nvidia. The company announced that it had a new chip custom-built for self-driving cars, and that it was working with more than 320 partners who would use the technology to power their vehicles. It also announced a gaming monitor the size of a television, creating a new class of large-screen devices with the refresh speed required for professional gaming.