Taipei International Information Technology Show 

COMPUTEX TAIPEI  JUNE/03/07,2008 

COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2008 with exhibition size and number of buyers both achieving new heights

COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2008, the second largest ICT exhibition in the world, ended on June 7^th. It was the first time
ever that 4 exhibition halls have been used in COMPUTEX TAIPEI, namely TWTC Hall 1, TWTC Hall 3, Taipei Int
ernational Convention Center and the brand new Nangang Exhibition Hall. With this much capacity the scale of t
he exhibition has increased by 53 percent compared with last year. According to estimates made by theorganiz
ers, the total number of visitors this year, amounted to 106,517 people, within which 34,685 are overseas buyers
5 percent more than last year’s 33,027, reaching a new height. It is also estimated that the 5-day exhibition has brought purchase orders for Taiwan’s ICT industry that amounts to more than 20 billion US dollars, effectively inc
reasing Taiwan’s visibility on the world stage. COMPUTEX TAIPEI is not only a trade exhibition, but is also one -
of the most important information and technology exchange platforms for the global ICT industry.According to the results of statistical analyses of pre-registered  buyers and IPOs, communication products

Best Choice award winning products are highly sought-afte
r results for the popularity award “Buyers’

The organizers have specially set up two pavilions separately at Shinyi and Nangang this year, to exhibit the Best Choice award winning products. During the exhibition, buyers and the media a
like were continuously asking for details about the products. The Best Choice award list has become sort of an indicator for produ
ct procurement and media reports. According to the jury , which consists of IPO and juries from international awards, it is possib
le to get a peep view of this year’s main product trends, during t
he product choosing process.Therefore, the award winning prod
ucts represent the best trendsetting products of this year.

AMD are also a hotspot of attention. Starting with the announcement of Intel Atom at day one of the exhibition
the Atom processor has become the hottest keyword at this year’s exhibition. You can find the trails of Intel A
tom on a wide variety of product applications, including ultra-portable NB, MID, desktop PC, motherboards and
even embedded systems. To respond to this development, AMD has announced a new NB platform codename
d Puma, and revealed that manufacturers like Toshiba, NEC, Fujitsu and Acer are already using this platform. Obviously, the competition of next generation NB is reaching DEFCON One.

According to the results of statistical analyses of pre-registered  buyers and IPOs, communication products (3
G, WiMAX), industrial computers, Mobile Devices/ UMPCs, touch screens, Green IT represent a major proport
ion on the buyer’s target product procurement list this year. Coinciding with the four main product themes of th
is year’s exhibition, which is W.I.N.G. (WiMAX, ICT Crossover, New Generation NB, Green IT). Among these products, WiMAX and ultra-portable notebooks are especially high-profiled.

WiMAX is the main event of this year’s COMPUTEX, starting with the signing of a memorandum of understand
ing (MOU) between the Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) and Intel Taiwan, to invest 500 million US dollars to jointly accelerate the commercial deployment of WiMAX in Taiwan

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