Computex Blog: Day 4 - Wrap-up
Posted By: Redmax
As I mentioned in a previous blog post Computex runs for 5 days, but on the 5th day they open the show floor to the general public which can make it difficult to get around. I was lucky enough to schedule all of my important meetings early in the week so come Friday I was left with finding some of the companies that I wasn't able to talk to, and the others I found while checking out the exhibits.
In previous days I bounced between the Nangang hall and the Hyatt hotel for meetings which left me no time to check out Hall 3, Hall 1 and the TICC (next to Hall 1). Hall 3 is usually a wash for hardware site like Ninjalane, the exhibits usually consist of industrial electronics like components, signage, and digital video. Hall 1 is a little more interesting and is typically filled with addon devices, component parts, fans, etc.
Strangely enough Gigabyte elects to have their show booth in Hall 1. I'm not sure exactly why, but it might have something to do with the prestige of being in Hall 1 or the proximity of the booth to the VIP room in Taipei 101.
Next to Hall 1 is the TICC, this is the building where nVidia usually has their marketing display each year and where FiringSquad once held a LAN party and casemod contest. The ground floor is often reserved for Hall 1 overflow and worked out to be a perfect location for the ASUS display. Normally companies are quite reserved when it comes to showing off unreleased products but it didn't stop ASUS from showing these 2 motherboard concept boards.
On a related note, the TICC is also where Foxconn had their VIP meeting room complete with RSVP, no cameras, and no press. (But I was still able get in on more than one occasion)
In the world of computer cases we often forget there are more than just PC cases to consider. Chenbro is one of the leaders in workstation and server case design and had this tower style workstation case on display.
Don't get any ideas that the SR-2 will fit in this case. It may be big, but follows the standard ATX motherboard spec.
Extreme overclocking has been a common theme at Computex for the past several years, and for good reason, it tends to draw a crowd. EVGA, Antec, and MicSys all had overclocking shows with most using LN2 for dramatic effect.
Here is your booth babe pic of the day, this girl was taking a break and talking with friends but she let me take her photo anyway.
That concludes the daily coverage of Computex 2010. I'm planning to create a series of full articles with more photos in the coming weeks. So stay tuned.
Oh ya, there will be a booth babe gallery as well. ^^
