Tom's Hardware Unfiltered: Computex 2026, Day 0 — peek behind the curtain to see how we're covering the biggest trade show of the year
Today, Cooler Master HQ was my first stop before heading to the Convention Center and more traditional booth visits. I have to admit, it was a bit overwhelming at first, trying to find my first meeting location and navigating through a sea of people everywhere, but mostly because I left my schedule with all the time and location information back at the hotel (thanks, Jake Roach, for the save!).
It’s very different from CES , where most companies have their own suite or ballroom at one of the Vegas hotels, and it’s a little more private. Outside of that, I had my first taste of 90-plus-degree weather with over 70% humidity. Even walking across the street to the other Hall, I broke a sweat. Oppressive when you’re not used to it. Even though I have almost twice as many meetings tomorrow as today, it doesn’t feel as intimidating after going through it all today, and all but the last meeting are in the same location.
I spent yesterday with Intel, so today was spent with the other guys: AMD. I sat in on three roundtables today with AMD’s Rahul Tikoo and David McAfee , discussing everything from the EXPO ULL to AMD’s reaction to the RTX Spark. I also spent some time in an Intel Q&A post-keynote, where I asked the company about its rumored 3D V-Cache competitor, and it gave me the exact answer I expected — “stay tuned.”
Despite being chipper — Paul (Alcorn) even said I looked “peppy” today — I am waiting for my body to crumble in on itself. I am beyond dehydrated. I haven’t been eating anything until the very end of the day, and there are other issues that I will spare you the details of. That’s a problem for future Jake, however. Current Jake is excited to look at chips.
My agenda today was once again dominated by Nvidia. We were back at the Grand HIlai early to attend a press Q&A with an undercaffeinated and punchy Jensen Huang, who was by turns happy to discuss the RTX Spark platform and unhappy with members of the press who failed to ask what he considered to be good questions. After that, we got hands-on time with RTX Spark laptops from five of the six major vendors who will lead the charge when these products come to market this fall, and we picked up some interesting details of those products that have been hard to come by from official channels.
After those briefings, I finally picked up my Computex badge proper and got a bit of floor time at the Nangang Exhibition Center, and I’ll be back tomorrow to visit more booths. The show is truly in full swing now!
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