Jensen Huang, chief executive of Nvidia, will open the Computex technology exhibition in Taipei on Monday with an extended keynote centered on artificial intelligence and the company’s latest product initiatives. The address is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. local time (0300 GMT) at the Taipei Music Hall.
Huang, who was born in the southern Taiwanese city of Tainan and leads what has been described as a $5 trillion chipmaker, has publicly framed Taiwan as a critical hub for the AI industry and announced plans to invest roughly $150 billion a year in the island. The Computex appearance follows by about two weeks his participation alongside U.S. President Donald Trump in a visit to Beijing, where he travelled with a corporate delegation and met Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
The CEO, widely celebrated in Taiwan, is expected to speak about Nvidia’s work across AI chips, software and systems. Industry attention at the show is likely to concentrate on Nvidia’s data center hardware and recent product lines, including its Vera Rubin AI computing platform and the Vera central processing unit, as well as its expanding activities in robotics and autonomous driving.
Nvidia is also progressing on a Taiwan headquarters project that the company plans to have in service by 2030. Company officials say the facility will position Nvidia closer to key suppliers, notably TSMC, which manufactures many of the advanced semiconductors that power AI systems.
Another potential topic of focus at the keynote is Nvidia’s longer-term effort, reported in 2023, to create an Arm-based PC chip intended to compete with processors from Intel and Advanced Micro Devices. Company comments note that chip designs typically take about two years to complete and that the central processors under development are tuned for consumer hardware integrated with AI capabilities.
When Nvidia released quarterly results last month, Huang sought to reassure investors about the company’s growth trajectory. He emphasized that a broad and diverse customer base combined with new product introductions should enable Nvidia to surpass the roughly $1 trillion in sales the company has forecast for its flagship AI chips.
Computex itself is expected to draw approximately 1,500 exhibitors representing 33 countries. Alongside Huang, chief executives from other major chipmakers, including Intel and Qualcomm, are scheduled to speak during the event.
Event details and company priorities
- Keynote start time: 11 a.m. Taipei (0300 GMT) at the Taipei Music Hall.
- Primary focus: Nvidia’s AI chips, software, systems and data center products such as the Vera Rubin platform and Vera CPU.
- Strategic moves: Large-scale annual investment in Taiwan and a planned local headquarters operational in 2030 to be nearer to suppliers like TSMC.