COMPUTEX 2024 came to a successful conclusion today. The scale of this year’s exhibition has grown significantly. During the four-day event, it attracted a total of 85,179 ICT buyers and professionals. The top ten visitor countries/regions were Japan, the United States, South Korea, China, Thailand, Hong Kong, Vietnam, India, the Philippines, and Indonesia.
COMPUTEX is one of the world’s most important technology exhibitions and is Taiwan’s biggest trade show. It attracts tens of thousands of industry professionals to network in Taipei, bringing huge market opportunities to technology companies and startups. This year, the Indonesia Economic and Trade Office to Taipei (KDEI) organized the Indonesian Pavilion, inviting 12 start-ups to show the strength of Indonesian technological innovation at InnoVEX.
Flanders, a region in northern Belgium, has 60% of the country’s population and 80% of the national GDP. Located between London, Paris and Amsterdam, it is not only one of Europe’s biggest business hubs, but an important place for technology research. Headquartered in Leuven, Belgium, the Interuniversity Microelectronics Center (imec) is a world leading institution in microelectronics and related nanotechnologies, integrating industry and academia.
Over 5,000 buyers from around the globe have converged on COMPUTEX 2024, the world’s leading tech exhibition, heralding a dynamic era of collaborative exploration with the unveiling of cutting-edge AI-driven innovations. This year’s event is witnessing a remarkable surge, with about 1,500 technology manufacturers from 36 countries and regions showcasing their prowess—an impressive 50% increase in participation from last year.
The COMPUTEX Keynote series continued on Thursday with a presentation from Dr. Tzi-cker Chiueh, General Director of the Delta Research Center, that illustrated how Delta Electronics — already well-known for its power and thermal management solutions — is developing AI-powered strategies for a wide range of applications.
“Creative, magical, beautiful, inspirational; these are words that we use to describe the core of who we are as humans, ” said Praveen Vaidyanathan, Vice President and General Manager of Compute Products Group, at Micron Technology. “There are words we just used to describe technology. These are words I will use today to connect humans and technology.”
This year’s COMPUTEX Forum was held on Wednesday with the theme of “Let’s Talk Generative AI”. The morning session brought together four international AI experts to speak to how generative AI is transforming businesses and industries everywhere.
Prioritizing road safety stands as a critical focus for drivers and pedestrians alike, especially in the era of self-driving vehicles. Advancements in technology continue to evolve rapidly, evidenced by the proliferation of various systems designed to bolster autonomous driving capabilities in modern automobiles. At COMPUTEX, a dedicated smart mobility zone has been established, serving as a focal point for innovation in this field.
Lars Reger, EVP and CTO of NXP Semiconductors, imagined a future with smart robots all around during his keynote “Shaping a World that Anticipates and Automates” at COMPUTEX 2024 on June 5. NXP, headquartered in the Netherlands, designs technologies that enable devices to sense, think, connect and act intelligently. Reger discussed how NXP is leading the transition from machines to software-defined robots by designing a “brain” with superior senses and building trust and scalability.
Charles Liang, the founder and CEO of Supermicro, underscored his company’s commitment to cutting-edge AI and green computing technologies, enabling customers to develop application-optimized IT solutions at any scale.
