COMPUTEX 2026 celebrates record attendance; Physical AI focus behind the main drive
COMPUTEX 2026 concluded its annual four-day exhibition in Taipei after drawing a record-setting 111,312 buyers and visitors from 152 countries and regions under the central theme of “AI Together.”
The international trade event expanded its traditional hardware focus to establish Physical AI as the next commercial frontier, aligning with industrial projections pointing to a 430 billion euro global market value by 2030. Organizers met this industrial shift by opening an inaugural AI Robotics Zone in TWTC Hall 1 to gather supply-chain developers, showcase Embodied AI technologies, and demonstrate automated systems alongside a newly introduced E-paper Pavilion and TechXperience zone featuring over 180 exhibitors.
The corporate keynote series drew 6,000 attendees to sessions led by Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon, Marvell CEO Matt Murphy, Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan, and NXP CEO Rafael Sotomayor, while the companion Computex Forum pulled 13,200 visits across panels covering data governance, edge infrastructure, and scaling strategies.
The InnoVEX 2026 startup platform expanded by 11% over the prior year to house more than 500 startup companies from 23 nations, led by domestic participation from Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea. This startup ecosystem integrated new operational partnerships with accelerator Plug and Play Taiwan and Japanese event coordinator Everidge, alongside nine distinct national pavilions hosting cross-border technology exchanges under the “AI in Action” forum theme. The signature InnoVEX Pitch Contest linked emerging tech teams with venture capital and compute resource pools, awarding its global grand prize to the robotics foundation model startup RLWRLD.
Environmental metrics shaped the baseline infrastructure of the show through strict adherence to 3R carbon-reduction frameworks, recognizing sustainable booth construction by presenting the Sustainable Design Award to ASUS and Transcend Information. The participant journey also integrated lifestyle spaces via the Computex Service Lounge developed alongside China Airlines and GQ, backed by public relaxation zones sponsored by Red Bull and Sleepy Tofu.
At the entrance of Nangang Exhibition Center Hall 1, a six-meter-high interactive generative art installation engineered by digital artist Aluan Wang allowed attendees to map custom visual tracks onto massive LED columns.
COMPUTEX 2027 has been confirmed to run from June 1 to 4, next year.
