Asia’s biggest ICT trade event COMPUTEX Taipei concluded its four-day run on June 2 at Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center. Most importantly, organizers held this year’s hybrid edition with emerging interest in generative AI and other big-ticket megatrends.

This year’s event drew over 1,000 companies, more than double the 400 companies that took part the 2022 edition.

This year’s COMPUTEX focused on high-performance computing, smart future, next-generation communications, virtual reality (VR), sustainability, and more. Among them, one of technologies attracting the greatest attention was AI-related technologies. 

Players Highlight Industry’s Future Trends

The highlight of the show—the COMPUTEX Keynote, focused on the trend of high-performance computing. Particularly, the six industry leaders – NVIDIA, Qualcomm, NXP, Acer, Supermicro, and Arm – who spoke cross-generation technological innovation and industry hot topics.

Jensen Huang, the founder and Chief Executive Officer of NVIDIA, gave the opening keynote speech and announced a new chipset that realizes high-performance computing (HPC) for generative AI. 

On the other hand, Qualcomm emphasized that hybrid AI combining edge computing and cloud computing will be a new type of AI in the future. NXP focused on cloud computing, generative AI, big data, machine learning, and other technology. Meanwhile, Supermicro indicated that the application of AI is increasing, and the demand for high-end AI design servers is also rising. Furthermore, Arm pointed out that the current growth of computing requirements has exceeded the industry’s imagination.

Acer Chairman and CEO Jason Chen demonstrated the application of AI in multiple aspects, such as healthcare, transportation, and new energy. Acer also cooperated with TAITRA to launch the Earth Mission APP. As a result, the number of downloads during the exhibition reached 3000, and COMPUTEX will plant trees in the Amazon rainforest through the non-profit organization One Tree Planted.

In addition, the COMPUTEX Forum, held simultaneously during the exhibition, focused on metaverse, semiconductors, and sustainable development. It gathered senior executives and expert representatives from Taiwan and globally to share future insights on the industry.

InnoVEX Builds a New Global Village

InnoVEX, a global startup matching platform, gathered nearly 400 participating teams from 22 countries this year. Thus, bringing together creative minds and venture capital funds worldwide and attracting 23,726 visitors. Among the activities, winning the InnoVEX 2023 Pitch Contest became the goal of the startup teams. In the end, the Blumind team of Canada won the first prize with an analog semiconductor architecture.

During the show, a variety of activities took place at COMPUTEX. The COMPUTEX procurement meetings matched 141 heavyweight buyers from 37 countries in 448 sessions. The guided tour was led by industry KOLs such as technology expert Dr. J Class, Afra, Aotter Girls, and more, to unbox the exhibition, bringing new perspectives on technology from different angles. The CPX on Air provided up-to-the-minute and complete coverage of events and trends during the show, serving online audiences who couldn’t visit the exhibition venue in person.

COMPUTEX Through The Years

The first edition of COMPUTEX came in 1981 when personal computers emerged for household use. Forty years later, the AI era has come. This year’s concept, “”Together we create” represents thoughts that human and AI collaborate to create new possibilities.

Mr. Huang looked back the course of COMPUTEX and said “We have provided people with cutting-edge technologies.  Now, we are at the turning point to help people together with AI.”

COMPUTEX 2023 became even more special with the presence of Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen as guest of honor. Further boosting Taiwan’s clout in the global ICT industry, particularly in the HPC arena.

On the show floors, AI-related exhibits were catching visitors’ eyes.  GIGA-BYTE Technology Co., Ltd., an industry leader in high-performance servers, highlighted an AI server equipped with Grace Hopper, a new high-performance chipset for NVIDIA HPC.

Grace Hopper features thermal design and software design optimized for generative AI that requires huge amount of calculation processing.  It is under development.  Akira Hoshino, Head of Product Planning, said “Data processing of AI requires incommensurable computing power.”  He expects the demand for high-performance servers expands with AI at the core. 

The next COMPUTEX is scheduled to return from June 4-7, 2024, and will continue to work with global players to expand a smart, innovative, and sustainable technological ecosystem. For the latest show news, please check out the official