COMPUTEX BRINGS GLOBAL ICT COMMUNITY TOGETHER

COMPUTEX 2014 in Taipei, Taiwan continues to enhance its reputation as one of the biggest ICT exhibitions in the world

For five days, COMPUTEX 2014 showed its clout in shaping the future of IT. As in previous years, COMPUTEX has become the top choice for major international brands to announce new products, new technology, and new trends.

COMPUTEX 2014 attracted 38,662 international buyers from 166 countries, an overall 1% growth. The top 10 nations by turnout were: China, USA, Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Germany, and Russian Federation. There were notable increases in visitors from China (15% growth from last year), UAE (22% growth) and 19% growth for visitors from Philippine. It is projected that total visitor count for all five days will reach 130,000.

During the show, TAITRA, the organizers, arranged 1,840 1-on-1 procurement meetings directly linking buyers with exhibitors. Key buyers included SIEMENS AG, Hisense, Toshiba, MA Laboratories, and Best Buy.

There were over 45 new product announcements held during the show and hundreds and thousands of “ideas” and innovations showcased.

Major launches include ASUS where it showcased the new Transformer Book V, the world’s first five-mode, three-in-one converged laptop that includes a Windows and Android laptop, tablet and smartphone. Other ASUS stars were the ASUS Fonepad and MeMO Pad Series.

Ford also rolled out the future in the form of its Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) communication technology. Its smart V2V tech prevents accidents due to embedded ICT that let cars interact with other cars so drivers can sense through their cars pile-up and traffic jams. FORD also used this show to introduce to Taiwan its Emergency Assistance.

Acer on the other hand launched its Liquid Leap wearable device with Liquid Jade smartphone. It’s “Build your own cloud” (BYOC) service is looking to turn PCs into personal data centres.

Other major showcases were by Microsoft, Intel, MediaTek, Corning, E-ink, MiTAC among other global brands.

During the five-day show 120 speeches and forums were held that focused on every facet of ICT. While on stage at the SUMMIT Forum, Stan Shih, founder & president of Acer and M.K. Tsai, CEO of MediaTek, jointly announced their joint endeavours to explore prospects in cloud computing technology and IoT applications.

Nick Parker, Vice President of Microsoft Corporate, announced free Windows license fee for devices smaller than 9 inches at the Microsoft Forum.

The coveted COMPUTEX D&I gold award was presented to 5 companies: GP Acoustics (UK) Ltd. for its X300A Wireless digital Hi-Fi speaker system; Philips for Philips Two-in-One Design, dual 19-inch display; HTC for the HTC Dot View case; Taer Innovation Co., Ltd. for Cylinder, cell phone car holder and Thermaltake Technology Co., Ltd. for Level 10 M Hybrid mouse.

Other winners include ASUSTek, Ace, SanDisk, ADATA, Qualcomm and many more with a total of 75 winning products chosen for the awards from 288 product entries.