Computex

When Asia's biggest computing and electronics show kicked off this week, one name was conspicuously absent: Intel Corp. The US chipmaker does not have an official presence at this year's Computex exhibition, an event it once dominated through keynote speeches and an outsized footprint on the show floor. The 2023 edition opened instead with a marathon two-hour showcase by Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang, a day before it became the first $1 trillion chipmaker in anticipation of a wave of demand for its…

MSI has announced a bunch of new and revamped laptop models at the ongoing Computex 2023 trade show in Taipei, Taiwan. This includes a new Creator Z17 HX Studio laptop, and a special Stealth 16 Mercedes-AMG Motorsport edition. The company also announced a new Commercial 14 laptop for the enterprise sector and a revamped Alpha 17 with AMD Ryzen CPUs. MSI also showcased a renewed Prestige 16 laptop weighing just 1.5kg. The company hasn't announced any pricing yet for these products.The MSI Creator Z17 HX Studio won the…

Kingston exhibited their latest products at Computex 2023, which included the non-binary DDR5 memory, XS1000 External SSD, Industrial SD card, Data Center solutions, and more.Kingston's DataTraveler microDuo 3C USB was chosen by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) as the official media gift for Computex 2023.Kingston at Computex 2023The Kingston Future Hub showroom highlights how Kingston's memory and storage solutions can enhance users' lives. The showroom is divided into five zones, each with a unique…

Computex 2023, one of the world's largest computer and technology expos, kicked off today, May 30. After a three-year online-only show, the event is back to its in-person format this time around. Taking place in Taipei, Taiwan, the technology show will see several PC and technology-related announcements. Moreover, AI-powered services are also expected to be announced. On the first day, NVIDIA announced its newest supercomputer while MSI and Acer announced their latest range of laptops.Check out the top 5 announcements on…

Remember when Nvidia’s graphics card connectors and cables kept melting, leading to destroyed GPUs — and potential fire risks — all over the world? Well, Asus reckons it has the solution, but it raises some major questions of its own. At the Computex trade show in Taiwan, Asus showed off its new concept for a future graphics card that forgoes the 16-pin 12VHPWR power connector altogether. After all, the thinking seems to be pretty straightforward: your power connectors can’t melt if they don’t exist. Asus So how does…

Acer Predator Triton 16 was launched at this year's Computex 2023 expo in Taiwan as the latest addition to the company's gaming line. The new laptop is powered by up to a 13th Gen Intel Core i9 CPU and up to an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 GPU. It has Windows 11 pre-installed and features a 16-inch IPS display with a metal chassis design. For thermal management, the gaming-focused laptop packs dual 89-blade cooling fans based on the 5th-Gen AeroBlade 3D Vortex Flow technology. The Acer Predator Triton 16 comes with an…

Arm Cortex Immortalis 2023.Say it with me: Arm doesn’t sell chips. But it does design CPU and GPU cores its licensees can optionally use. What’s new? Cortex-X4 (big CPU): 15% more perf, 40% less powerCortex-A720 and A520: 20% and 22% more efficient, respectivelyImmortalis-G720 (the GPU): 15% more perf, 40% lighter on memory bandwidthLast time, they only came together in the MediaTek Dimensity 9200, which arrived in the Vivo X90, X90 Pro and Oppo Find X6. Arm Cortex Immortalis 2023.Say it with me: Arm doesn’t sell…

Intel has begun teasing details of its upcoming 'Meteor Lake' CPU architecture, which should be released as part of the 14th Gen Intel Core family starting later this year. On the sidelines of the Computex trade show in Taipei, Intel demonstrated for the first time a prototype laptop running an unidentified Meteor Lake engineering sample CPU, showing off its AI inference processing capabilities. In addition to CPU and GPU cores, Meteor Lake introduces a new 'VPU' (vision processing unit) for AI acceleration. The VPU…

Arm CEO Rene Haas Just ahead of CEO Rene Haas’ keynote at Computex in Taipei today, Arm launched two new products designed to increase smartphone performance. The first is the Arm Cortex-X4, its fourth-generation Cortex-X core. Arm said the Cortex-X4 is the fastest CPU it is made so far and will bring 15% more performance than its predecessor, the Cortex X-3, with a focus on enabling artificial intelligence and machine learning-based apps. The second new product is the Arm Immortalis-G720, which is based on its…

MediaTek is best known for its smartphone chips that power phones like the OnePlus Nord N300, Asus ROG Phone 6D, and plenty more. But it’s now eyeing greater involvement in the automotive industry andwill use the expertise it has gained from these devices. At the Computex 2023 trade show, MediaTek announced the Dimensity Auto platform and a partnership with Nvidia — and the pair will soon showcase their collective strengths in cars around the world. MediaTek doesn’t only make chips for phones. Many commonplace…