What We Expect to See at Computex 2023

pcmag.com:

The last time a full in-person Computex was waged in Taipei, with a flood of international visitors in attendance, was mid-2019. In the topsy-turvy times since then, COVID-19 upended the world (and kept Taiwan, in particular, on tight lockdowns and quarantines for years). AI has emerged as a game-changing force, touching every corner of the industry, in ways that we’re only beginning to comprehend. Plus, in the intervening years, the PC components field was roiled by the drama of shortages, price gouging, inflation…and alongside all that, the big chip makers posting some massive numbers (not all of them good, mind you) 

The 2022 Computex was a subdued, mostly local affair. The 2023 edition, which PCMag will be attending in person, portends a return to normalcy, with more than 1,000 exhibitors, mostly packed into the Nangang Exhibition Hall (“TaiNEX”) in the eastern part of the city. The usual big suspects, the Taiwan-based Acer, Asus, MSI, and Gigabyte, will use the platform to show off their latest and greatest, and many other companies with deep Taiwan roots, such as Nvidia, will also be strutting their stuff. (Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, indeed, will lead off the Computex keynotes at 11 a.m. local time on the pre-opening day, May 29.)

Computex is one of the largest IT- and electronics-related trade shows in the world, in years past topped only by the annual International CES in Las Vegas. Held every May/June in Taipei, Taiwan, the focus has traditionally been on advancements and innovations in IT and computer hardware. Given Taiwan’s reputation as a central hub for technology and electronics manufacturing, it’s ideally sited for a show that follows the leading edge of IT. The traditional sectors exhibited at the show