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Sparking the                                                                         CONTENTS

World’s Potential
                                                                                     Overview                                                 Special Report
                                                                                     2   COMPUTEX 2021 Virtual features industry              28 Cities to become safer as well as smarter
                                                                                         leaders, insights on the future and award-           30 The intelligent future - artificial intelligence
                                                                                         winning products                                        automating our lives
                                                                                                                                              31 Performance is king for gamers seeking a
                                                                                     COMPUTEX Opening Keynote by Intel                           lockdown upgrade
                                                                                     4   The Secret to Unleashing Innovation? Listening       32 A Paradigm shift in work culture — working from
Together with our brilliant partners, we unlock the                                      to Customers                                            home or from anywhere

power of technology and spark the world’s potential.                                 COMPUTEX Keynote                                         Product Highlights
                                                                                     6   COMPUTEX and Arm aim to inspire the post-            33 Acer launches new Predator Triton gaming
                                                                                         pandemic recovery                                       notebook
                                                                                     7   AMD accelerates performance for gamers and           34 Next-Gen DDR5 and patented compact SSDs with
                                                                                         more                                                    cooling fins
                                                                                     8   NVIDIA unveils RTX3080 Ti, reveals roadmap for       35 Akasa announces new range of component for
                                                                                         AI and data processing                                  gamers, PC
                                                                                     9   Micron Technology’s Sanjay Mehrotra expresses        37 ASUS launches state-of-the-art monitors with
                                                                                         optimism on the future, despite challenges ahead        visually immersive graphics
                                                                                     10 Performance begins at the edge                        38 DATO unveils ARES SERIES RGB overclocking
                                                                                        for 5G, intelligent IoT                                  memory
                                                                                     11 NXP accelerates the transformation to the edge        39 Delta introduces compact and powerful AC MAX
                                                                                        across IoT, industrial, and automotive                   EV chargers at #COMPUTEXVirtual
                                                                                     12 Qualcomm to push the boundaries of what is            40 EBRD supports small business’ access to new
                                                                                        possible with 5G network                                 markets at COMPUTEX 2021
                                                                                                                                              41 GIGABYTE “Brings Smart to Life” with high-tech
                                                                                     COMPUTEX Forum Agenda                                       innovations at COMPUTEX 2021
                                                                                     13 COMPUTEX FORUM - ICT Insight                          42 Zonerich launches smart rugged alloy terminals
                                                                                                                                              44 Intel introduced its first 5G product for the next
                                                                                     COMPUEX Forum                                               generation of PC experiences, Intel® 5G Solution
                                                                                     14 Industry leaders provide insights on how artificial      5000
                                                                                        intelligence is changing business and the world in    45 World’s Best Processor for Thin-and-Light
                                                                                        general                                                  Windows Laptops Just Got Better
                                                                                     16 Experts detail how AI is revolutionizing              46 Supermicro offers the power to handle today’s
                                                                                        cybersecurity and smart manufacturing                    increasingly growing compute needs
                                                                                     18 Leaders look to the critical technologies for         47 TAcc+ International Program: Entry point into
                                                                                        advancement of the industry                              Asian markets for startups
                                                                                     20 Rethinking what’s possible with the technologies      49 NXP ramps automotive processing innovation
                                                                                        of tomorrow                                              with two processors on TSMC 16nm FinFET
                                                                                                                                                 technology
                                                                                     InnoVEX                                                  51 The 3 best highlighting products of 2021
                                                                                     22 InnoVEX is back, bringing the world’s startups           InnoVEX TYC startup pavilion!
                                                                                        together on an all-new virtual platform               52 MAKEN new arrivals draw eyeballs
                                                                                     24 Bookmark these opportunities at COMPUTEX              54 MEDIA PARTNERS
                                                                                        2021!
At this year’s virtual Computex event, Arm’s CEO Simon Segars and President,
IP Group, Rene Haas, discussed technology’s key role in the post-pandemic            COMPUTEX d&i awards
recovery and the acceleration of compute trends driven by the growing demands for    26 COMPUTEX d&i awards shine light on world’s
ubiquitous intelligence across every device. Visit Arm.com to watch both keynotes.      best innovative technology

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Overview                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                      year examines “The New Era of Intelligence,”       and the Netherlands, a delegation of 18 start-
                                                                                                                                                                                                      with an emphasis on artificial intelligence        ups from seven countries led by the European
                                                                                                                                                                                                      (AI), 5G communications, Internet of Things        Bank for Reconstruction joins InnoVEX for the
                                                                                                                                                                                                      (IoT) technology and electric vehicles. On June    first time. They are among the 79 startups
                                                                                                                                                                                                      2 and 3, these topics will be discussed by         from 24 countries that are participating in
                                                                                                                                                                                                      industry leaders in four panels: AIoT Evolution,   InnoVEX this year.
                                                                                                                                                                                                      AI Empowerment, Critical Technology and
                                                                                                                                                 industry’s most influential companies — and          Tomorrow Tech. These panels will each

      COMPUTEX 2021 Virtual features
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         COMPUTEX d&i Awards recognize out-
                                                                                                                                                 COMPUTEX 2021 is no exception. Today’s               feature multiple invited speakers, who will        standing products
                                                                                                                                                 opening keynotes by Intel chief revenue              delve into the development of quantum                 For more than a decade, the COMPUTEX d&i

      industry leaders, insights on the
                                                                                                                                                 officer Michelle Johnston Holthaus and Arm           computing, explore the infinite possibilities      Awards have not only recognized revolutionary
                                                                                                                                                 CEO Simon Segars will be followed over the           of future technologies and discuss the business    innovation, but also provided the public with
                                                                                                                                                 next few days by other luminaries, including         strategies and trends of the post-pandemic         a sneak peek at the technology trends of

      future and award-winning products                                                                                                          AMD CEO Lisa Su, Micron Technology CEO
                                                                                                                                                 Sanjay Mehrotra, Supermicro CEO Charles
                                                                                                                                                 Liang and NXP Semiconductors CEO Kurt
                                                                                                                                                                                                      world.

                                                                                                                                                                                                         With a global market projected to soon
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         the future. That tradition continues at this
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         year’s COMPUTEX, with 21 judges including
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         investors, journalists and subject-matter
                                                                                                                                                 Sievers. In addition, NVIDIA head of enterprise      exceed US$500 billion, AI will be one of           experts selecting the 50 most innovative
      The online platform leverages AI and automation to provide an unparalleled                                                                 computing Manuvir Das will present on “The           the hot topics at the show. COMPUTEX is            products of the year based on several criteria:
      experience for visitors and exhibitors from around the world                                                                               Transformational Power of Accelerated                working with major international technology        Innovation, Technical, Functionality, Social
                                                                                                                                                 Computing, from Gaming to the Enterprise             companies to showcase the AI ecosystem.            and Craftsmanship, as well as aesthetics.
                                                                                                                                                 Data Center.”                                        Several manufacturers will be showcasing their     The 13th d&i Awards focused on recent
         COMPUTEX 2021 kicked off today,                                                                                                                                                              extensive portfolios of products designed not      technology trends in nine areas, including
      embracing a completely virtual format to                                                                                                      #COMPUTEXVirtual features 147 exhibitors          only to power next-generation AI applications,     Startups, a new category aimed at fueling
      overcome the limitations caused by the global                                                                                              from 33 countries and regions, including             but also expedite the realization of Artificial    business opportunities and technological
      pandemic. The show’s organizer, the Taiwan                                                                                                 Taiwan’s Acer, Asus, Delta Electronics, and          Intelligence of Things (AIoT) solutions.           breakthroughs.
      External Trade Development Council (TAITRA),                                                                                               Gigabyte, as well as international heavyweights
      has worked with key global technology firms                                                                                                such as AMD, Intel, NVIDIA, NXP, and                 InnoVEX continues tradition of fostering              The COVID-19 pandemic has changed how
      to launch #COMPUTEXVirtual, a month-                                                                                                       Qualcomm. The show has 4 unique features             innovative start-ups                               people around the world live and interact
      long platform designed to provide a truly                                                                                                  this year: tech insights through keynotes, such          InnoVEX, the exclusive exhibit for startups    with each other, which was evidenced in this
      exceptional experience for exhibitors and                                                                                                  as COMPUTEX Forum and InnoVEX Forum;                 at COMPUTEX, is where you spot the perfect         year’s submissions. Due to lockdowns and an
      visitors around the globe.                                                                                                                 virtual booths where exhibitors will display their   fit in markets, accelerators, VCs and partners.    increase in remote work over the past year,
                                                                                                                                                 latest products; matchmaking and networking          Innovative startups have always been key           the demand for home entertainment and
         #COMPUTEXVirtual provides exhibitors                                                                                                    via a variety of communications technologies;        motivators for progress in the technology          fitness, esports and gaming equipment has
      with booths powered by AI and automation                                                                                                   and hyper-personalized recommendations               industry.                                          skyrocketed, with such products constituting
      technologies. The platform facilitates                                                                                                     generated by AI to provide exhibitors with                                                              about 38 percent of the total submissions from
      a variety of communications channels                                                                                                       marketing strategies.                                  Following in the tradition of its offline        seven countries for the d&i Awards. From
      between exhibitors and visitors, including                                                                                                                                                      namesake, #InnoVEXVirtual is a featured            the 50 winning products in the preliminary
      video conferencing, meeting requests and        audiences for product promotion and receive      Each year, the world’s leading global     Exploring a ‘New Era of Intelligence’                exhibition area designed to help startups          round, the judges bestowed three special
      instant messaging. Exhibitors can leverage      personalized recommendations to assist them   information and communications technology      One of the biggest highlights of the trade         gain international attention. In addition to       and three gold awards in the final.
      the power of AI to identify their target        with matchmaking.                             trade show features leaders of some of the   show calendar, the COMPUTEX Forum this               pavilions dedicated to France, South Korea

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COMPUTEX Opening Keynote by Intel                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      COMPUTEX Opening Keynote by Intel

                                                                                                                                                                 Pat Gelsinger, CEO, Intel                                Rick Echevarria, Vice President, Sales, Marketing &   Lisa Spelman, Corporate Vice President and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Communications Group General Manager of the           General Manager, Xeon and Memory Group, Intel
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Intel Olympic Program, Intel

                                                                                                                                                                 verified designs are co-engineered to ensure
                                                                                                                                                                 exceptional responsiveness, long battery life,
                                                                                                                                                                 instant wake and connectivity.

                                                                                                                  Michelle Johnston Holthaus
                                                                                                                                                                    Our customers are taking advantage of
                                                                                                                  Executive Vice President, Chief Revenue
                                                                                                                  Officer, General Manager, Sales, Marketing
                                                                                                                                                                 delivering unique innovations on this platform:
                                                                                                                  and Communications Group, Intel                more than 85 Intel Evo designs have launched
                                                                                                                                                                 from top OEMs including Acer, ASUS, Dell,
                                                                                                                                                                 HP, Lenovo, MSI and Samsung, and we expect

      The Secret to Unleashing Innovation?                                                                                                                       to verify more than 100 designs from over
                                                                                                                                                                 15 OEMs by the end of this year.

      Listening to Customers                                                                                                                                       And I’m excited to share that we’ve also
                                                                                                                                                                 partnered with more than 150 ecosystem
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Joe Hsieh, Chief Operating Officer, ASUSTek
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Computer Inc.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Jason Chen, CEO, Acer

      - Michelle Johnston Holthaus, Executive Vice President of Intel Corporation                                                                                partners to create a deeper level of premium             innovation designed to accelerate the                 unique systems and services to take advantage
                                                                                                                                                                 mobile computing with plans to invest more               meaningful build-out of what Pat calls the four       of these capabilities.
         Everything at Intel starts and ends with our     global supply-and-demand challenges, and             launched our latest Intel® Xeon® Scalable         than $50 million in Intel Evo ecosystem                  superpowers: cloud, 5G, artificial intelligence
      purpose: to create world-changing technology        know consistent supply is the key to industry        platform, which includes over 40 individual       innovation this year.                                    (AI) and the intelligent edge. Innovating in            These advancements are the result of close
      that improves the life of every human on Earth.     growth. We are committed to continuing               CPUs optimized for cloud, high performance                                                                 these areas is essential because they have the        partnerships with our customers. The key to
      And the only way that can be achieved is            to lead and drive collaboration across the           computing, network and security workloads.           Of course, we’re not just focused on the              potential to impact the ways we live, work            unleashing innovation and achieving our
      through our customers and partners. As simple       entire semiconductor industry to tackle these        We also launched our latest Intel® Optane™        CPU. We are innovating at a platform level,              and play on a global scale.                           ambitious goal of improving the life of every
      as it sounds, listening to customers continues to   challenges together and fuel the next era of         memory and storage products, FPGAs and            too. We know real-world performance and                                                                        human on Earth can only happen through
      be the secret to unleashing innovation at Intel.    innovation.                                          Ethernet technologies — something new and         connectivity are vital to our partners and the               As these superpowers accelerate, it is            collaboration with customers and partners.
                                                                                                               exciting every quarter!                           people that rely on PCs every day, so we’re              critical we deliver a data center platform that       And to help them, we must listen to them so
         In my keynote at COMPUTEX today, I shared           In March, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger unveiled                                                          accelerating the support and availability of             is flexible, that brings AI everywhere and that       we can deliver what they truly need.
      the virtual stage with partners and colleagues      our IDM 2.0 strategy. It’s a powerful, winning          Just a few weeks ago, we launched our          Wi-Fi 6E with our 11th Gen lineup.** We’re               services all workloads from the edge to the
      from around the world. We highlighted that          formula that strategically uses internal factories   11th Gen Intel ® Core™ H-series mobile            even continuing that momentum beyond Wi-Fi               cloud. This year, we advanced the capabilities           We’ve done amazing things together over
      the innovation being unleashed by Intel is a        and external foundries to deliver our leadership     processors — the world’s best gaming laptop       with more platform capabilities and choice               of the Xeon platform with our latest 3rd              the years, and we know there’s more to do.
      direct result of listening to our customers and     products — and provides the industry more            processors* — offering desktop-caliber game       in the market with the launch of our first 5G            Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors (code-             We are committed to continuing our listening
      taking specific actions based on their feedback.    advanced foundry capacity through Intel              play from anywhere. We also just announced        product for PCs: the Intel® 5G Solution 5000.            named “Ice Lake”), which deliver a nearly             journey, collaborating and unleashing the Intel
      What they tell us informs our strategy and          Foundry Services.                                    two additions to the 11th Gen Intel® Core™                                                                 50% performance improvement over earlier              innovation machine with an unprecedented
      our purpose, products and services — it also                                                             family that will deliver even more performance      This is not innovation for the sake of                 generations.*** Cloud providers, OEMs and             level of investment, focus and customer
      enables our collective success.                         Clearly, semiconductor demand is                 and extend our leadership in the thin-and-light   advancing technical specifications. It’s                 ODMs worldwide are deploying hundreds of              obsession. Our future together is bright!
                                                          unprecedented. Nowhere is that more evident          notebook category. More than 60 designs
         Technology has never been more important         than in the PC market. As Steve Long, Intel          based on these two new products will available    Notices & Disclaimers
      for humanity than it is today. In the past          corporate vice president, said when he virtually     by the holidays, with designs from Acer, ASUS,    * Visit www.intel.com/Computex21 for all configuration details.  Results may vary.

      year, technology made remote working and            joined me on the COMPUTEX stage, “This year          Lenovo and MSI landing on shelves this summer     ** Subject to regional availability; not available in all markets.
      learning possible, enabled telehealth solutions     is shaping up to be the largest PC market ever.”     — some selling this week. That totals nearly      *** See [125] at www.intel.com/3gen-xeon-config. Results may vary.
      for patient and caregiver safety, and brought                                                            250 thin-and-light laptops powered by 11th        Performance varies by use, configuration and other factors. Learn more at www.Intel.com/PerformanceIndex.
      online streaming capabilities to new heights.         This year, we announced four new families          Gen Intel Core processors.                        Performance results are based on testing as of dates shown in configurations and may not reflect all publicly available updates.  See www.intel.com/Computex21
      But the demand for technology started long          of Intel ® processors, 27 new CPUs built                                                               for configuration details.  No product or component can be absolutely secure.
      before COVID-19, and semiconductors are             specifically for business, six new CPUs for            Intel is continuing to advance PC experiences   Your costs and results may vary.
      at the foundation of it all.                        education, 12 high performance mobile CPUs           beyond pure performance as well. With a           Intel technologies may require enabled hardware, software or service activation.
                                                          and eight high performance desktop CPUs              combination of key platform technologies          © Intel Corporation. Intel, the Intel logo, and other Intel marks are trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries. Other names and brands may be claimed
        We have a deep understanding of the               for consumers. On the data center side, we           and system optimizations, Intel ® Evo™            as the property of others.

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COMPUTEX Keynote                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  COMPUTEX Keynote

     COMPUTEX and Arm aim to inspire
     the post-pandemic recovery
     COVID-19 has created an opportunity to consider how we want to reshape a
     more secure and sustainable future
        Disruptions wrought by COVID-19 were
     in clear view on Monday, as Taiwan External
     Trade Development Council (TAITRA) Chairman
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 (Right) Scott Herkelman, Vice President & General
     James C.F. Huang delivered the opening                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Manager, Graphics Business Unit, AMD
     address of COMPUTEX 2021, not in front                                                                                                                                                                                                                      (Left) Frank Azro, Chief Architect of Gaming
                                                                                                                                                         Dr. Lisa Su                                                                                             Solutions and Marketin, AMD
     of a room of attendees, but to a camera lens.
                                                                                                                                                         President and CEO
     Yet optimism pervaded the opening day of                                                                                                            AMD
     speeches, as Huang and keynote speaker Arm                                                                                                                                                                                                                  quality settings on whatever device they own,
     CEO Simon Segars detailed ways in which                                                                                                                                                                                                                     even on competitor GPUs.
     technology can help us “navigate the new
     normal with innovation.”                                                                                                                                AMD accelerates                                                                                        Knowing that buying a laptop can be a

                                                                                                                                                             performance for gamers
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 daunting task, AMD also announced a new
        “Everyone, from nine to 90, now knows                                                                                                                                                                                                                    design framework to guarantee the best
     social media, streaming services and online                                                                                                                                                                                                                 performance. “AMD Advantage gaming
     shopping,” Huang said. “It is only a matter of
     time before we prefer voice over keyboards
     and VR over our phones.”
                                                      James C. F. Huang, Chairman of TAITRA, Organizer of COMPUTEX

                                                        Arm’s response to these needs is Armv9,         the planet, and in this case, greenhouse gas
                                                                                                                                                             and more                                                                                            laptops make a great gaming laptop simple,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 as it ensures that you’re getting a premium
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 gaming experience through and through,” chief
                                                      developed over a decade, which promises           emissions.”                                          New Radeon and Ryzen products enable cutting-edge                                                   architect of gaming solutions and marketing
        At the center of this new ecosystem is        new approaches to security and efficiency.                                                             graphics on devices large and small — even on the go                                                Frank Azor said.
     Taiwan, which is “helping to interface,                                                              Arm is therefore focusing on reducing
     integrate and innovate as always” in areas         As the ubiquity of computing creates new        energy consumption without sacrificing
                                                                                                                                                             — while open-source upscaling technology improves                                                     Fans might also be surprised to learn where
     as disparate as e-mobility and smart sporting,   vulnerabilities, Arm baked its Confidential       performance, especially as 100 percent of            fidelity for all gamers                                                                             AMD’s RDNA 2 graphics architecture will be
     he added.                                        Compute Architecture into the hardware itself,    the world’s data is soon expected to flow                                                                                                                found next: on the road. The infotainment
                                                                   creating universal architecture to   through an Arm device.                                  No stranger to pushing boundaries, AMD         6000M series, offering an impressive 1.5-fold     centers on the new Tesla Model S and X vehicles
        The innovations built today are to shape                       free up resources otherwise                                                           is once again testing the limits of high-         generational performance boost.                   are to include a discrete RDNA 2-based GPU,
     the world of tomorrow, Huang said,                                  spent on security for             This also involves making cities smarter          performance computing with its suite of                                                             enabling passengers to play AAA games while
     welcoming Segars to share ways in                                    investment into other         and more efficient, Segars said, offering for        new offerings announced on Tuesday at                “It has never been more important to deliver   on the go.
     which the semiconductor designer is                                   innovations.                 example the home of COMPUTEX, the Taipei             #COMPUTEXVirtual, organized by the Taiwan         a laptop gaming experience” as sales surge
     looking to “spark the world’s post-                                                                World Trade Center, which has been retrofitted       External Trade Development Council (TAITRA).      amid a year of work-from-home, corporate             For the desktop user, Su also announced
     pandemic recovery.”                                                       The other challenge      to improve energy efficiency.                                                                          vice president and general manager of graphics    new offerings in AMD’s Ryzen 5000G series
                                                                            is learning how to                                                                  In a sign of what is to come as the world      Scott Herkelman said as he took the stage to      of Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) that
       Just as scientists spent decades                                    “run smarter,” Segars           New technologies powered by Arm can               emerges from the pandemic, AMD president          introduce the most powerful mobile gaming         integrate processing and graphics “all in a
     researching mRNA vaccines in                                         said, which in 2021           also be used to protect natural resources,           and CEO Dr Lisa Su once again took to the stage   graphics yet.                                     single chip.” In a demo running only on the
     preparation for a global pandemic,                                       means “managing           whether through detecting loggers with               for her keynote, speaking to an auditorium of                                                       built-in graphics of the new Ryzen 7 5700G,
     today’s technological development is to                                        our impact on       recycled cellphones or reducing battery waste        socially distanced and vaccinated employees          With up to 12GB of RAM, the top-of-stack       the game Rogue Company averaged 78fps
     play a critical role in the years to                                                               from hearing aids, he added.                         about industry-leading advances in processors,    Radeon RX 6800M in testing was “hitting           at 1080p resolution.
     come, Segars said.                                                                                                                                      graphics and advanced technology.                 desktop-level performance” at 120fps and
                                                                                                          Yet amid all these exciting visions of the                                                           above at 1440p max settings, Herkelman               Lastly, Su offered a glimpse into the future of
        “At the core of this is the                                                                     future, Segars urged attendees to take a                Nowhere has needed speed more over the         said, to be available soon in the ROG Strix       computing with advanced 3D chiplets, which
     question of sustainability,”                                                                       moment for reflection.                               past 15 months than data centers, especially      G15 by Asus.                                      offer 15 percent faster gaming on average.
     he added. “How do we use                                                                                                                                cloud and e-commerce providers. AMD’s                                                               “Now just think about that. That’s 15 percent,
     the opportunity this moment                                                                          “This year has been challenging, filled            third-generation EPYC server processors have         “There is no dispute. Gamers know that         which is an entire architectural generation’s
     provides to reimagine and                                                                          with adversity and incalculable loss, but it         stepped in to handle usage surges for partners    performance is king, whether it’s an immersive    worth of gaming performance just from the
     build a world that manages                                                                         has given us an opportunity to reflect on the        including Zoom, Microsoft and Twitter, while      AAA game or a competitive esports title,”         3D V-cache technology,” she said, vowing a
     risk and provides greater                                                                          type of future we want to build,” he said.           giving a 50-percent boost in throughput for       he said. “Many gamers also want to be able        start to production by the end of the year.
     access and opportunity?”                                                                           “Like those remarkable scientists who spent          e-commerce platforms over the competition.        to turn on the latest visual technologies like
                                                                                                        decades researching the mRNA vaccine, the                                                              ray tracing while maintaining an acceptable         With these exciting offerings and more
                                                                                                        work you're doing today will be critical to            Yet the most anticipated announcements          frame rate,” which is why AMD developed           to come, “you can count on AMD always
                                                                                                        building the world of tomorrow.”                     were for consumer devices, led by new RDNA        FidelityFX Super Resolution. This open-source     pushing the envelope in high-performance
     Simon Segars, CEO, Arm
                                                                                                                                                             2-based mobile graphics for the Radeon RX         technology allows gamers to choose from four      computing,” Su added.

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COMPUTEX Keynote                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  COMPUTEX Keynote

                                                                                                                                                              Micron Technology’s Sanjay Mehrotra
                                                                                                                                                              expresses optimism on the future,
                                                                                                                                                              despite challenges ahead
                                                                                                                                                              Advanced data analytics technologies are forecast to add trillions to the
                                                                                                                                                              economy, but doing so will require new approaches, innovation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Meanwhile, 5G’s high-bandwidth capabilities
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   and multitude of connections will enable “an
      Manuvir Das                                        Jeff Fisher                                                                                                                                                                                               intelligent infrastructure on the edge of our
      Head of Enterprise Computing, NVIDI                GeForce Senior Vice President, NVIDIA                                                                                                                                                                     networks … giving us access to data in real
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   time; data that we simply aren’t able to make

     NVIDIA unveils RTX3080 Ti, reveals
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   use of today,” Mehrotra said.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Mehrotra touted Micron Technology’s

     roadmap for AI and data processing                                                                                                                         Sanjay Mehrotra
                                                                                                                                                                                                                Raj Hazra
                                                                                                                                                                                                                Senior Vice President and General Manager,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                Computer & Networking Business Unit,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   validation of its 1-alpha DRAM process —
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   whose low-power variant reduces power
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   consumption by up to 20 percent — making
                                                                                                                                                                President and CEO, Micron Technology, Inc.
     NVIDIA’s executive keynote introduced the future of competitive gaming
                                                                                                                                                                                                                Micron Technology, Inc.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   it available to even end users. However, he
     hardware and AI-infused services                                                                                                                            “Data lives, and its impact on each of          The massive, projected added value is driven      pivoted to the future with DDR5, saying that its
                                                                                                                                                              our lives over the years ahead is going to be   by the ability to make faster and better decisions   specification was drafted with a focus on data
       NVIDIA today delivered an informative virtual                                                           “Taiwan has always been a special place        astounding,” said Sanjay Mehrotra, president    based on available data, but capitalizing on         center requirements to enable the capabilities
     keynote at COMPUTEX 2021. The virtual                                                                 for NVIDIA,” Das said. “From system builders       and CEO of Micron Technology. “We are           new opportunities will require new computing         of the future.
     presentation, entitled “The Transformational                                                          and solution providers, to universities and the    absolutely living in a transformative age.”     approaches and platform innovation to adapt
     Power of Accelerated Computing, from Gaming                                                           government, all have partnered with us.”                                                           to changes in data-intensive computing.                 Perhaps even more exciting is Compute
     to the Enterprise Data Center,” was one of                                                                                                                  Mehrotra made the comments as he opened      Two trends driving this change are artificial        Express Link (CXL), an open standard
     the most anticipated highlights of the trade                                                             Together, NVIDIA and its partners have laid     his keynote address at COMPUTEX, the leading    intelligence (AI) and 5G, which are supporting       interconnection designed to improve far
     show, organized by the Taiwan External Trade                                                          the foundation for a new computing model           information and communications technology       growth in each other.                                memory performance, which in turn would
     Development Council (TAITRA).                                                                         based on AI, which, at its simplest, is defined    trade show organized by the Taiwan External                                                          relieve the CPU bottleneck and accelerate data
                                                                                                           as software that writes software, he said.         Trade Development Council (TAITRA) which           At a COMPUTEX Forum session later in the          center performance.
       The keynote was delivered by Jeff Fisher,                                                                                                              is this year being held virtually due to the    afternoon, Raj Hazra, senior vice president
     senior vice president of NVIDIA’s GeForce                                                                This foundation aptly includes GPUs deployed    COVID-19 pandemic.                              and general manager of Micron Technology’s              Collaboration is a requirement for unleashing
     Business Unit, and Manuvir Das, head of                                                               in the cloud and in data centers, areas in which                                                   compute and networking business unit,                the full potential of all these new technologies.
     enterprise computing. Fisher opened the            creators, broadcasters and students alike,         NVIDIA is an industry powerhouse. Many of our          The world’s economy is now based on         cited a forecast that 90 percent of enterprise       In that vein, Mehrotra invited a number of top
     keynote with a heartfelt shout-out to Taiwan,      making RTX the new industry standard.              NVIDIA Certified program partners are from         data and driven by related technologies.        applications will feature embedded AI by 2025.       executives from some of Micron Technology’s
     home of the world-renowned expo.                                                                      Taiwan, including Advantech, Altos, ASRock         Mehrotra cited a forecast that advanced                                                              many partners: Acer CEO Jason Chen, AMD
                                                           NVIDIA’s most notable progress, according       Rack, ASUS, GIGABYTE, QCT, Wiwynn and you          data analytics technologies would add US$13        Possible uses include conversation interfaces     chief technology officer Mark Papermaster,
       “We miss Taiwan and wish we could be             to Fisher, was in further integrating artificial   will see more in the coming future.                trillion to the global economy by 2030. For     and dealing with multiple sources of data to         BMW senior vice president Carsten Regent
     there in person for COMPUTEX,” Fisher said.        intelligence (AI) into the company’s hardware.                                                        Micron Technology, the world’s fourth-largest   train and make predictions, he said, adding that     and Qualcomm senior vice president Nakul
     “So, we created Taipei City in Microsoft Flight    This has enabled a reduction in power                 Das explained that the company developed        semiconductor company and a powerhouse          to continue enabling such progress, memory is        Duggal.
     Sim and flew in virtually on a GeForce RTX         consumption while retaining the same high          the NVIDIA Certified program for servers that      in memory chips, such an outlook presents a     changing to meet the need for infrastructure
     3080 (Ti).”                                        level of graphics performance in similar models.   incorporate GPU acceleration. The program          literal world of opportunities.                 to keep up with the promise of AI.
                                                                                                           was designed to help system manufacturers
     Faster GPUs enable better entertainment            Democratize AI by bringing its transfor-           create AI-optimized designs and to ensure
        NVIDIA took the opportunity to officially       mative power to Every Company and Its              system reliability for customers.
     unveil the RTX 3080 Ti, the company’s latest       customers
     flagship gaming graphics processing unit (GPU)        Regarding AI, Das began by outlining              In the future, the NVIDIA Certified program
     which is claimed to be 1.5x faster than its        NVIDIA’s three primary goals regarding the         would expand its reach with NVIDIA BlueField
     predecessor. The GPU is capable of running the     use of the technology: AI in every application,    Data Processing Units (DPUs), an essential
     latest games with nearly photorealistic graphics   AI in every data center and AI in every product.   component for handling massive amounts of
     while maintaining seamless performance.                                                               data.
                                                          As a result of the technology’s rapid
        Fisher proudly touched on how the               development, Das said he is convinced that           “Going forward … the DPU will be an
     company’s RTX technologies have also               current and future applications must be infused    essential component of every server, in the
     transformed entertainment for 150 million          with AI, or they will fall behind.                 data center and at the edge,” Das said

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COMPUTEX Keynote                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       COMPUTEX Keynote

     Performance begins at the edge
     for 5G, intelligent IoT
     Supermicro’s “building block” solution, alongside partners,
     present products of superior quality, serviceability, and compatibility,
     essential for any optimized total solution

                                                                                                                                                                   NXP accelerates the transformation
        Supermicron today attended COMPUTEX               Standalone 5G networks coming                        The server is designed with all inputs and
     2021, the annual tradeshow organized by              into its own                                       outputs, as well as accelerator card slots and
     theTaiwan External Trade Development Council            The concept of 5G networks have become          power plugs, facing forward, to facilitate IT
     (TAITRA), firm in its belief that the software
     and firmware designed by its “building block”
                                                          gradually more prevalent and is seeing
                                                          deployment, though Clegg states that it is only
                                                                                                             teams and operation teams when installing
                                                                                                             the servers onto racks.                               to the edge across IoT, industrial, and
                                                                                                                                                                   automotive
     solution can meet the upcoming challenges of         standalone 5G networks that would reap the
     the IT industry.                                     most benefits of the concept.                         Furthermore, Supermicro has taken into
                                                                                                             consideration the depth of server cabinets and
        The keynote was jointly delivered by                 Alongside the beginnings of deployment for      offers two customized depths, at 200mm and            New S32 series by NXP brings the power of the edge to connected and
     Supermicro’s Vice President Michael Clegg and        standalone 5G networks, Clegg noted that the       574mm, respectively, for installing the server
     IoT Embedded & Edge COmputing General                open Radio Access Network (RAN) standards          into tight spots.
                                                                                                                                                                   autonomous vehicles
     Manager Mory Lin. Supermicro’s President             are also maturing, freeing the RAN from being
     Charles Liang, opened the keynote speech with        monopolized by proprietary dealers and being          With innovative technology and a new                  New technologies are only as strong as the                                                         to advance the capabilities of their cars,” AWS
     high praises for Supermicro, while urging all        used on cross-hardware.                            design combining GPUs, VPUs, and FPGAs,               smallest of their parts, built by innovators such                                                     vice president of technology Bill Vass said.
     viewers to keep themselves, their families and                                                          Supermicro brings edge computing to a wide            as NXP Semiconductors. In today’s keynote
     coworkers safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.            “We are at the point where the method has       variety of environments, from the central office,     address, president and CEO Kurt Sievers shared                                                           The power of edge computing with the
                                                          been validated with 4G and with the latest         to datacenters, down even to factory floors.          with #COMPUTEXVirtual his vision for how                                                              cloud also extends to IoT and manufacturing,
     Building block solutions boosts greater              processors, we can now achieve the same thing                                                            NXP will create this future by “accelerating                                                          as AI has never been easier to deploy, NXP
     manufacturing capability                             for 5G,” Clegg said, turning the screen over          “We bring virtualization to the edge, which        the secure intelligent edge.”                                                                         executive VP and general manager of edge
        "With Rack Scale Plug and Play, we are            to Lin on how Supermicro products capitalize       brings intelligence to the retail space,” Lin said.                                                                                                         processing Ron Martino said.
     bringing our system design expertise and building    on this trend.                                                                                              Our current devices are fast when told what
     block architecture to the rack level to deliver                                                            Supermicro and its partners have also              to do, but “my vision of technology for us as                                                            People believe that it is expensive and
     true at scale data center solutions," Liang said.    Supermicro servers assist operators expand         developed new insulation and mounts for               people is very different,” Sievers told attendees                                                     complex, “but the truth is the opposite,”
                                                          into 5G telecommunications                         servers to be installed in factories, which may       of the virtual show organized by the Taiwan                                                           he said. “AI doesn’t always need large,
        With this capability, Supermicro can ship large     Supermicro’s Hyper-E servers, using open RAN     not have enough room to accommodate the               External Trade Development Council (TAITRA).                                                          complex, costly processors, and you don’t
     quantities of servers or fully tested pre-defined    combined with Intel’s Xeon 3rd Gen Scalable        standard server rack.                                 “It is about a world where technology is                                                              need a PhD in mathematics if you have the
     racks of expertly selected servers, storage, and     Processors, boasts of bringing datacenter-like                                                           actually automated. It is anticipating what                                                           right development tools.”
     networking components, perfectly matched             performance to edge networks.                          The promise of a cloud-native 5G network          we want.”
     to existing and future workloads, directly to                                                           in open RAN has been validated by innovations                                                                                                                  With NXP’s scalable EdgeVerse platform,
     our customers.                                         With Intel’s Xeon processor, the server can      such as Network as a service and programmatic           The semiconductor industry “has always            NXP's TrimensionTM Ultra-Wideband technology      advanced processes such as facial recognition
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       helps Samsung users easily find their misplaced
                                                          support dual-processor architecture, allowing      servers being developed, while AI will contribute     been driven by waves of innovation,” from                                                             can be included in IoT devices as simple as a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       belongings.
        The new manufacturing facilities will enable      the server to run up to 270 watts, while greatly   to reducing the costs of running the network,         the computer boom in the 2000s to the cloud                                                           doorbell, protected through secure enclaves
     Supermicro to keep costs low by leveraging US        widening the range of accepted accelerator         all made possible by high-power performance           computing surge of the 2010s, but Sievers                                                             in the chips themselves. Efficiency is another
     design excellence with lower-cost manufacturing      cards inserted into the server externally.         machines.                                             believes the next decade is to be defined by           “The car is the most complex edge              strength, as up to 90 percent of “vampire
     in Taiwan.                                                                                                                                                    the rise of the edge.                               device in the world,” said Shelly Van Dyke,       power” — energy wasted by idle devices
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       vice president of automotive strategy and         — could also be eliminated with Energy
                                                                                                                                                                      “I see this massive opportunity of probably      processing. “Already we’re at 100 to 200          Flex architecture. All of these benefits also
                                                                                                                                                                   50 billion intelligent and securely connected       million lines of code, more than a spaceship,”    apply to factories, which could be made
                                                                                                                                                                   devices in the year 2025, and that goes             necessitating efficient and secure solutions.     situationally aware to keep people safe and
                                                                                                                                                                   hand-in-hand with a significant change in                                                             optimize production.
                                                                                                                                                                   what technology is going to do,” he added,             Complemented by NXP’s development
                                                                                                                                                                   announcing NXP’s latest tools for enabling          platforms, the S32G2 “extends advanced               Achieving this vision of the future “is a
                                                                                                                                                                   this shift.                                         cloud capabilities into the car,” enabling        task that cannot be achieved by any company
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       vehicles to receive and process data on           alone,” Sievers said, thanking additional
                                                                                                                                                                     Starting from today, NXP in collaboration         weather, traffic, road gradient and more to       partners Advantech, BMW, Garmin, Microsoft
                                                                                                                                                                   with TSMC began mass production of the              optimize performance. Paired with Amazon          and Samsung. “2021 is only marking the
                                                                                                                                                                   S32R294 automotive radar and S32G2                  Web Services’ Greengrass, the tools would         beginning of the edge era. It is going to be
                                                                                                                                                                   processor, designed to ease chip constraints        make it easy for manufacturers to “integrate      long and challenging, but also very rewarding.”
                                                                                                                                                                   by utilizing new 16nm FinFET processes.             and expand, do regular updates and continue

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COMPUTEX Keynote                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              COMPUTEX Forum Agenda

                                                                                                                                                        COMPUTEX FORUM - ICT Insight
                                                                                                                                                        AIoT Evolution              June 2, 2021 (Wed.) (GMT+8) 09:00-11:30
                                                                                                                                                             Time                                  Topic                              Replay   Speaker
                                                                                                                                                        09:00 - 10:00   COMPUTEX Micron CEO Keynote -                                                    Sanjay Mehrotra
                                                                                                                                                                        Innovation for the Data Economy: Why today’s infrastructure                      President and CEO, Micron Technology, Inc.
                                                                                                                                                                        innovation brings data to life, powering insights for all

                                                                                                                                                        10:00 - 10:30   Brighten Tomorrow with Intel Inside                                              Nash Palaniswamy
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Vice President, SMG, General Manager, AI, HPC,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         and Datacenter Accelerators Solutions and Sales, Intel

                                                                                                                                                        10:30 - 11:00   COMPUTEX Supermicro CEO Keynote                                                  Charles Liang
                                                                                                                                                                        Performance Begins at the Edge for 5G and Intelligent IoT                        President and CEO, Supermicro

                                                                                                                                                        11:00 - 11:30   The Promise of Digital Transformation:                                           Jerry Chen
                                                                                                                                                                        How AI-infused industrial systems are rising to meet the                         Head of Global Business Development
                                                                                                                                                                        challenges                                                                       for Manufacturing & Industrials, NVIDIA

                                                                                                                                                        AI Empowerment                   June 2, 2021 (Wed.) (GMT+8) 14:00-17:00

                                                                                                                                                             Time                                  Topic                              Replay   Speaker

     Qualcomm to push the boundaries of
                                                                                                                                                        14:00 - 15:00   COMPUTEX NXP CEO Keynote                                                         Kurt Sievers
                                                                                                                                                                        Accelerating the Secure Intelligent Edge                                         President and CEO, NXP Semiconductors

     what is possible with 5G network
                                                                                                                                                        15:00 - 15:30   Accelerating Ubiquitous Intelligence                                             Rene Haas
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         President, IP Products Group, Arm

     Embracing the 5G network and always-on connectivity and implementing                                                                               15:30 - 16:00   Accelerate Intelligence-driven Manufacturing                                     Dr. Steven Chen
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Leader, Intelligent Mobile Machine Cluster,
     the millimeter wave (mmWave) system                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Delta Electronics, Inc.

                                                                                                                                                        16:00 - 6:30    Memory at the Heart of AI Innovation                                             Raj Hazra

        “We’re rapidly moving towards a world                                                           bandwidth to deliver higher-quality videos,                                                                                                      Senior Vice President and General Manager,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Computer & Networking Business Unit, Micron Technology, Inc.
     more connected and intelligent. It is being                                                        multimedia content and other services faster.
                                                                                                                                                        16:30 - 17:00   Cybersecurity Risks and Management                                               Kev Hau
     driven by the convergence of connectivity
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Check Point Security evangelist, office of the CTO,
     and computing technologies from mobile,”                                                              Installation of mmWave devices with
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
     said Qualcomm Technologies Senior Vice                                                             mid-band spectrum has lower total cost of
     President and General Manager of Mobile,                                                           ownership than mid-band devices alone,
     Compute and Infrastructure Alex Katouzian.                                                         making it a possible option for operators
                                                                                                                                                        Critical Technology                 June 3, 2021 (Thu.) (GMT+8) 08:35-11:10

     “It’s already starting to transform the way we                                                     installing said systems in dense urban areas.        Time                                  Topic                              Replay   Speaker
                                                                                                                                                        08:35 - 08:40   Opening Remarks by Organizer                                                     Cynthia Kiang
     work, live, play, and connect with others.”
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Director General,
                                                                                                           The mmWave is also being used to bridge                                                                                                       Bureau of Foreign Trade, MOEA
        Katouzian made the comments at the 2021         Alex Katouzian                                  the digital divide between rural communities    08:40 - 09:10   5G and the Future of the PC                                                      Alex Katouzian
                                                        Senior Vice President and General Manager
     Taipei COMPUTEX, the annual tradeshow                                                              with fixed wireless access, providing fast,                                                                                                      Senior Vice President and General Manager,
                                                        Qualcomm
     organized by the Taiwan External Trade                                                             reliable broadband connectivity so students                                                                                                      Qualcomm

     Development Council (TAITRA) held online                                                           can use their PCs to access school portals      09:10 - 09:40   5G New Era: Great Convergence, Broad Ecosystem, Golden                           Mike Yang
                                                                                                                                                                        Opportunity
     this year due to COVID-19.                          “The ability to pick up your laptop, open      and other important educational resources.                                                                                                       President, QCT

                                                       the lid and know that it’s connected, synced
                                                                                                                                                        09:40 - 10:10   Shape our future life- compound semiconductors inside                            Yu-Chi (YC) Wang, Ph.D.
       The momentum of 5G network growth               and ready to go, without having to worry           With more than 170 operators globally
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Vice Chairman, WIN Semiconductors Corp
     has exceeded all expectations and the 5G          about a power cord, or having to ask for a       investing into mmWave tech, Qualcomm
     ecosystem’s resilience leaves nothing to doubt,   Wi-Fi password. That is the Qualcomm goal,”      expects that mmWwave will be deployed
                                                                                                                                                        10:10 - 10:40   Technology with Purpose to Transform – Industrial 5G, Grid                       Erdal Elver
     as the majority of its growth - more than         Katouzian said.                                  across all regions within the next two years.                   Edge and Connected Mobility                                                      President & CEO, Siemens Taiwan, SIEMENS
     65 operators over 160 countries launching
     commercial 5G networks - occurred during             Giving screen time to Samsung Electronics       Qualcomm stated that it had acquired          10:40 - 11:10   5G Clinical Intelligence                                                         Dr. Chee Ching
     the pandemic.                                     America Director and Head Product                NUVIA to significantly increase in compute                                                                                                       President, FarEastTone Telecom
                                                       Management for New Computing Hassan              capabilities, as enabling tomorrow's highly-
        Qualcomm recognizes that 5G will have a        Anjum, Anjum reaffirmed this trend, stating      immersive AI-driven experience will require
     tremendous impact on the computing segment        that user demands for PCs - portability,         more than just fast connectivity.               Tomorrow Tech               June 3, 2021 (Thu.) (GMT+8) 14:30-15:30
     of the industry, prompting Qualcomm to work       connectivity and convenience - were                                                                   Time                                  Topic                              Replay   Speaker
     closely with its partners to develop a 5G PC.     incidentally the same qualities that have been      It is our collaboration with the ecosystem   14:30 - 15:00   The Metaverse Begins: NVIDIA Omniverse and a Future of                           Richard Kerris
                                                                                                                                                                        Shared Worlds
                                                       associated with smartphones.                     that makes these advancements and                                                                                                                Head of WW Developer Relations and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         General Manager for Omniverse, NVIDIA
       Qualcomm believed that PC users harbored                                                         opportunities possible, and Qualcomm, with
                                                                                                                                                        15:00 - 15:30   Quantum Computing for the 21st Century                                           Norishige Morimoto
     the desire that their PC user experience would      One piece of technology central to unlocking   continued and significant investment in R&D,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Vice President, IBM Research and Development,
     be comparable to using a smartphone.              5G and future computing experience is the        is committed to continue to push against                                                                                                         Japan, IBM
                                                       mmWave tech, which can allocate more             the boundaries of what is possible with 5G.

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     Industry leaders provide insights on                                                                                                                   AI is being used to solve real-world problems
                                                                                                                                                            in fields such as smart agriculture and water

     how artificial intelligence is changing
                                                                                                                                                            conservation, offering massive potential to
                                                                                                                                                            impact the world in a positive way. Meanwhile,
                                                                                                                                                            5G is helping create networks fast enough to

     business and the world in general                                                                                                                      allow moving data center capabilities to edge
                                                                                                                                                            applications.

     AI is transforming people’s daily lives and generating massive potential                                                                                  Nash Palaniswamy, vice president and
     across the entire spectrum of industries                                                                                                               general manager of AI, HPC and data center
                                                                                                                                                            accelerators solutions and sales at Intel,
       The COMPUTEX Forum began earlier                                                                                                                     addressed the tech titan’s partnership with
     today with guest speakers from several                                                                                                                 the US-based Montefiore Medical Center, which
                                                                                                                                                                                                               Charles Liang                                       Sanjay Mehrotra
     technology industry leaders. The forum is                                                                                                              aims to use AI for screening patients based on
                                                                                                                                                                                                               President and CEO, Supermicro                       President and CEO, Micron Technology, Inc.
     one of the most highly anticipated events of                                                                                                           imaging to provide earlier warning of illness
     COMPUTEX, the world’s leading information                                                                                                              and allow for preventive treatment. The center
     and communications technology trade show,                                                                                                              has created a system that establishes a “digital   powerful over time, providing massive benefits         “Software and firmware … are essential
     which is organized by the Taiwan External                                                                                                              representation” of patients based on all data      to every industry.                                  to any optimized total solution,” said Charles
     Trade Development Council (TAITRA). Due                                                                                                                collected from the center’s devices and imaging                                                        Liang, president and CEO of Supermicro.
     to the global pandemic, the show is this                                                                                                               systems, as well as remote sensing at home.           “Simply put, every industrial sector will be
     year being held completely online through                                                                                                              This holistic understanding of the patient is      transformed by AI. The potential for value            Faster compute at the edge has gone hand in
     the #COMPUTEXVirtual platform, which uses                                                                                                              evidence of an AI-healthcare intersection that     creation is enormous,” Chen said.                   hand with increasingly faster mobile networks,
     many of the technologies being discussed over                                                                                                          is redefining medicine.                                                                                which allow for deployments of devices in even
     the two-day forum.                                                                                                                                                                                          “We can’t wait to transform the future of         greater numbers, as well as solutions that are
                                                                                                                                                               Jerry Chen, head of business development,       the industrial edge, the Industrial AI of Things,   more ambitious in their scope.
        In line with the forum’s overall core theme                                                                                                         manufacturing and industrials at NVIDIA, said:     with all of you,” he added.
     — The New Era of Intelligence — today’s first                                                                                                          “It might seem like AI is inescapable in our                                                              “We’re starting to see the first 5G standalone
     virtual session examined the future of artificial     of Micron Technology. “Today’s economy is      added value is driven by our ability to make      daily life nowadays,” adding that humanity            At the edge, AI has quickly changed how          network deployments,” said Michael Clegg,
     intelligence (AI) in a panel titled AIoT Evolution.   unquestionably based on data, driven by the    better and faster decisions based on the data     is “really only at the beginning of the age        people use technology, from improving audio         vice president and general manager of 5G
     The invited speakers from Micron Technology,          innovative technologies that make that data    all around us,” Mehrotra said. “But Timely        of AI.”                                            and video in teleconferencing to creating           and embedded/IoT at Supermicro, referring to
     Intel, Supermicro and NVIDIA explored the             more accessible, more effective and more       data insight cannot be achieved with today’s                                                         personalized workouts — two examples that           telecommunications networks built specifically
     trends related to AI and how it is changing           useful.”                                       memory and storage architectures.”                   Economists refer to AI as a general-purpose     are particularly evident amid the pandemic.         for 5G.
     almost every facet of daily life.                                                                                                                      technology, which is transforming civilization     These advancements have been made possible
                                                             Advanced data analytics technologies            Two major trends are accelerating the global   and fueling the latest industrial revolution.      in part by accelerators and optimization in all       He added that such deployments are where
       “We are absolutely living in a transformative       are forecast to add US$13 trillion in global   shift in how the world acquires, manages and      Thanks to its potential to learn, improve and      parts of the ecosystem.                             “we get the real benefits of 5G networks” —
     age,” said Sanjay Mehrotra, president and CEO         economic opportunity by 2030, and “all that    gains insights from data: AI and 5G networks.     operate autonomously, AI will get even more                                                            such as low-latency communications.

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     Experts detail how AI is
     revolutionizing cybersecurity
     and smart manufacturing                                                                                                                                     Hau added that this new remote workforce
     The technology is helping plug holes created by unprecedented remote                                                                                     “has never had to develop” a high level of

     working and improving efficiency for manufacturers                                                                                                       vigilance, as they previously depended on
                                                                                                                                                              enterprise-grade security for their work.
                                                                                                                                                              This has left them more susceptible to
         The COMPUTEX Forum continued today with                                                                                                              “phishing scams, malicious emails and data
     its second session, titled AI Empowerment. In                                                                                                            loss incidents.”                                    Dr. Steven Chen
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Leader, Intelligent Mobile Machine Cluster, Delta Research Center, Delta Electronics, Inc.
     keeping with the two-day forum’s overarching
     theme — The New Era of Intelligence —                                                                                                                       This increased risk is why firms like Check
     COMPUTEX’s organizer, the Taiwan External                                                                                                                Point are adopting AI for predictive threat         and immediacy.” The need for high-mix,                   president and general manager of Micron
     Trade Development Council (TAITRA), invited                                                                                                              intelligence. Properly trained AI can perform the   low-volume production while maintaining                  Technology’s compute and networking
     speakers from industry leaders to share                                                                                                                  work of dozens of human analysts in a fraction      utilization means that manufacturers must                business unit.
     their perspectives on the impact of artificial                                                                                                           of the time, all while maintaining a broader        devise innovative approaches to stay ahead.
     intelligence (AI) on the technology industry                                                                                                             scope of analysis, predicting unknown threats                                                                   Hazra cited some areas where AI will
     and its potential implications for security.                                                                                                             and improving the accuracy and precision of            To that goal, Delta’s industrial solutions            undoubtedly find new uses, such as
                                                                                                                                                              responses.                                          include machines that are designed to cope               conversational interfaces and the ability to
        NXP Semiconductors president and CEO                                                                                                                                                                      with changes by incorporating standardized,              deal with multiple sources of data to train and
     Kurt Sievers said that his future vision of                                                                                                                 Of course, the expansive capabilities of AI      modular and intelligent units, lowering                  make predictions, thus enabling applications
     technology is “about a world where technology       Kurt Sievers                                                                                         extend beyond security to other areas, such as      technical barriers for data collection & analysis,       including smart manufacturing.
     is actually automated, is actually advancing        President and CEO, NXP Semiconductors                                                                manufacturing, where an intelligence-driven         as well as AI adoption and upgrade.
     and anticipating what we want.”                                                                                                                          manufacturing will help factories adapt to “a                                                                   To deal with the massive increases in abilities
                                                                                                                                                              paradigm shift for the manufacturing industry,”       Such uses of AI are growing more                       needed to support such advanced applications
       “It is a world where simple tasks become                                                                                                               said Dr. Steven Chen of Delta Research Center,      commonplace, with about 90 percent of                    of AI, the very nature of memory is changing. It
     automatic, and complex tasks are being                                                                                                                   Delta Electronics, Inc.                             enterprise applications forecast to have                 is no longer just a resource directly connected
     foreseen by the machines we are interacting                                                                                                                                                                  embedded AI by 2025. The “pervasive growth               to a CPU and storage. Looking forward, Hazra
     with,” Sievers added.                                                                                                                                       “Today’s customers are more demanding            of AI” has been fueled by the tremendous                 said that distributed computing would provide
                                                                                                                                                              and diverse. They keep manufacturers busy           amount of data available, which is growing               the right amount of resources needed for
        The complex task cannot be accomplished                                                                                                               trying to meet the needs for personalization        on “a daily basis,” said Raj Hazra, senior vice          applications, right when they are needed.
     by any company alone. Sievers showed the
     close partnership and collaboration with leading
     companies such as Advantech, Amazon Web
     Services, BMW, Garmin, Microsoft, Samsung,
     and TSMC.
                                                         Rene Haas
                                                         President, IP Products Group, Arm
        Applications on the edge are changing
     how people consume, pay, move, interact
     and work, fueling massive growth in devices.       and looked to the future with the Armv9            processors to market faster, and no device
     The demand for silicon for edge computing          architecture, which will play a critical role in   will be left behind.”
     has grown significantly, but wafer supply is       securing our digital future and increasing our
     constrained. However, the faster that the          trust in intelligent devices that will process       Amid the unprecedented global COVID-
     industry moves to smaller process nodes and        our personal or professional data.                 19 pandemic, hundreds of millions of people
     newer technologies, the better the availability                                                       began working from home — and continue
     will be to meet the required capacity, Sievers        Haas also stated that when entering a new       to do so today. This has laid bare many
     predicted.                                         era of compute where AI and ML will cut across     cybersecurity shortfalls in corporations across
                                                        every computing environment, one-size-fits-all     the globe.
       “Rene Haas, the President of Arm's IP            chips designed for general-purpose compute
     Products Group (IPG), expressed confidence         with big single-threaded processors are not           For example, “companies have to open up
     that 100 percent of the world’s digitally-shared   enough. Those complex workloads will be            access” to their most sensitive corporate assets
     data will soon be securely-processed on Arm-       enabled by specialized processing. Arm will        “from remote endpoints to ensure business
     based technology. He cited the Arm-partners’       continue to innovate new ways to enable its        continuity,” said Kev Hau, security evangelist
     more than 190 billion chip shipments to date       partners to differentiate and bring specialized    at Check Point Software Technologies.

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COMPUTEX Forum                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    COMPUTEX Forum

     Leaders look to the critical
     technologies for advancement
     of the industry
     5G Technology the digital artery pumping fresh blood and innovations
     for all sectors of the industry
        Gathered today at the COMPUTEX
     Forum, guest speakers representing leading
     figures of the industry talked about the
     development of critical technologies
     that would serve to bolster innovations
     throughout the industry.                                                                                                                                Erdal Elver
                                                                                                                                                             President & CEO, Siemens Taiwan, SIEMENS

        The forum is one of the most highly
     anticipated events of the annual COMPUTEX                                                                                                              Vehicles to everything (V2X), Telemedicine,         Perhaps most relevant to the times, FET’s        a different perspective, gauging the network’s
     show, organized by the Taiwan External Trade                                                                                                           and more.                                        development of Telemedicine platforms to            strength not from its potential for application,
     Development Council (TAITRA). Due to the                                                                                                                                                                provide a solution - and also groundwork -          but rather from the material make-up of the
     local pandemic, the show is being held digitally                                                                                                          Industrial 4.0 and smart manufacturing take   bridging the medical gap between urban and          devices using the network.
     through the #COMPUTEXVirtual platform.                                                                                                                 advantage of the network’s development,          rural townships in Taiwan using the 5G network
                                                                                                                                                            using its high bandwidth and low latency to      again highlights the network’s qualities to bring      Cisco VNI index shows global mobile data
        Invited speakers from Qualcomm, Quanta             While touching on the development of           to work offices, school portals, data centers     link factory machines together through the       about technological innovation.                     traffic grew at a Compound Annual Growth
     Cloud Technology (QCT), WIN Semiconductors,        the millimeter wave tech, which can allocate      and edge applications.                            Internet of Things (IoT).                                                                            Rate (CAGR) of 46% (2016-2021). Based
     Siemens Ltd. Taiwan and FarEasTone                 more bandwidth to deliver higher-quality                                                                                                                FET President Chee Ching also noted              on this calculation, ten years from now we
     Telecommunication (FET) spoke on 5G networks       videos, multimedia content and other services         QCT President Mike Yang opined that this         “Industrial 4.0, IoT, smart manufacturing,    that while the company has laid down solid          would see a 44 times increase of data traffic
     and its relevance to technological innovations,    faster, Qualcomm recognized that hardware         “3rd convergence” of Information Technology       those are the future of manufacturing,”          groundwork to build on with the development         compared to today.
     both in the present, and in the future.            computation capabilities must also keep up        (IT) and Communication Technology (CT) brings     Siemens President and CEO Erdal Elver said,      of the platform, it would need to collaborate
                                                        with the pace of 5G network development.          in new players that provide important elements    adding that the world is changing, and these     with partners to further develop the platform,         “This calculation shows an unprecedented
        Qualcomm Technologies Senior Vice                                                                 - open, virtualized, cloud-native and software-   changes, be it the pandemic or climate change,   especially as more Internet of Medical Things       stringent performance requirement is needed
     President and General Manager of Mobile,               While 5G networks are seeing commercial       defined - to help drive this transformation and   are forcing us to optimize things through        wearables are developed and become                  for the next-gen network, and perhap requires
     Compute, and Infrastructure Alex Katouzian         deployment worldwide, the majority of its         build 5G networks.                                technology.                                      connected to the platform.                          a sub-Terahertz device to provide sufficient
     said that the development of the 5G network        growth have been during the pandemic period,                                                                                                                                                             bandwidth,” Wang said.
     is starting to change PC user expectations,        a development that underscores the shift in         These elements of change brought about            Siemens’ utilization of 5G networks along        With more data to be processed, the
     expecting constant connectivity and a user         lifestyle of Human society working from home,     by new players have made the 5G network           with the concept of the Grid Edge highlights     platform will have to enhance its backend             Compound semiconductors are expected
     experience comparable to using a smartphone.       necessitating faster networks to carry the data   more adaptable for application to other fields,   yet another possibility for 5G application -     compute capabilities or risk letting the            to have a large role to play in future tech
                                                                                                                                                            innovations for the national power grid that     potential of the 5G network go to waste.            as innovative emerging applications require
                                                                                                                                                            could help conserve, or track the usage of                                                           enormous frequency bandwidth and high-
                                                                                                                                                            national power.                                   WIN Semiconductors General Manager YC              performance smart sensors, Wang added.
                                                                                                                                                                                                             Wang came at the issue of 5G networks from

                                                                                                                                                            Yu-Chi (YC) Wang, Ph.D.                                                     Dr. Chee Ching
                                                                                                                                                            Vice Chairman, WIN Semiconductors Corp                                      President, FarEastTone Telecom

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