Computex 2024: See New AI Products, Hear from Tech Experts

Taipei, June 2 (CNA) – Computex 2024 will be held in Taipei from June 4-7. The theme this year is “Connecting AI.” You will see AI servers, edge AI PCs and many new AI applications and solutions.

A company called Gartner predicts that global spending on IT will reach $5.06 trillion in 2024. This is 8% more than in 2023. They think IT spending will go over $8 trillion by the end of the decade. This increase is because companies want to add generative AI (GenAI) to their products and services.

Paul Peng chairman of the Taiwan Computer Association (TCA) said Taiwan is ready to grow in the AI industry because it has a strong ICT supply chain.

Computex 2024 will have about 1,500 exhibitors from 36 countries and regions with 4,500 booths. This is a big increase from 2023 when there were 1,000 exhibitors and 3,000 booths. Attendance is also back to pre-COVID-19 levels.

Three Highlights of COMPUTEX 2024:

1. Famous AI Leaders:
   • Important AI leaders will attend like AMD’s Lisa Su, Arm CEO Rene Hass and Intel’s Pat Gelsinger.
   • Other key speakers include Qualcomm’s Cristiano Amon, Supermicro’s Charles Liang, MediaTek CEO Rick Tsai, NXP CTO Lars Reger and Delta’s Chiueh Tzi-cker.
   • Paul Peng joked that there might be a “competition” among these leaders to show their strength.
   • Jensen Huang will speak at NTU Sports Center on Sunday night, though not as an official keynote speaker. He arrived in Taiwan on May 26 and has been seen at night markets and restaurants. He also threw the first pitch at a baseball game in Taipei.

2. AI PCs and Edge AI Devices:

   • Gartner’s forecast for IT spending growth is due to many new Gen AI applications.
   • Data centers which store and process data will be a big part of this spending.
   • More computing power will move to edge AI products like AI PCs and AI mobile phones, to reduce the load on AI cloud centers.
   • Computex will showcase these edge AI devices.
   • At the Microsoft Build 2024 conference in May, new “Windows PCs designed for AI, Copilot+ PCs” were announced with support from Intel, Arm and Qualcomm and six PC makers: Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo and Samsung.
   • These new AI PCs will be displayed at Computex, with Acer and ASUS introducing their own models.

3. Keynote Speeches:

   • The CEOs of Intel, Arm and Qualcomm will give keynote speeches at Computex. They will talk about their ideas and products.
   • Jensen Huang will also give a speech on Sunday.

This event will show many exciting developments in AI and technology.