COMPUTEX 2017- Perfect Ending

June
3, 2017, Taipei— COMPUTEX
2017, co-organized by Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) and Taipei
Computer Association(TCA), held a closing day press conference today. The organizers
announced as of 12:00 noon on June 3, 41,378 international visitors from 167
countries attended the show, a 1% increase from last year. Countries with the
highest visitor growth include Thailand (30.63%), Indonesia (22.52%), India
(20.86%), Vietnam (20.44%), and Russia (14.81%). During the show, TAITRA
organized 955 sessions of 1-on-1 procurement meetings to directly link 181 VIP
buyers with 297 exhibitors. This clearly indicates COMPUTEX stands as the
international procurement platform attracting buyers to invest and further
leads the world ICT industry to build global technology ecosystems. In
addition, InnoVEX, in a short 3-day period, attracted 14,977 visits to InnoVEX,
an increase of 36% from last year.

AI, regarded as one of the strategic technology trend for
2017 by Gartner, shined at COMPUTEX this year. Mr. Jensen Huang, Founder,
President and CEO of NVIDIA, indicated during the NVIDIA AI Forum that effectiveness
can be raised by 10-50 times through the heterogeneous computing of GPU. And
during NVIDIA AI forum, Gogoro attracted visitors’ attention with its VR
equipment which is the collaboration with Holodeck technology. Jeffrey
A. Rhoda, General Manager Greater China Group IBM Corporation, pointed out that
AI will ubiquitous and he believes artificial intelligence enhances what humans
do, not replace humans. Meanwhile, ARM announced DynamIQ CPU: Cortex-A75 and
Cortex-A55 and BenQ debut its first Made in Taiwan delivery robot, called DiBot.
With so many prospective trends and product launches, COMPUTEX turns into the
largest and most international AI discussion platform, taking itself to the
next AI level.

COMPUTEX 2017 is filled with wearable devices, smart healthcare,
smart life, and all kinds of innovative solutions. From France, Digitsole, a
smart shoe, that provides smart heating and accurate tracking of daily health.
Cinema2Go from Israel is the development of optical solution, through
wide-angle virtual displayed technology, which users may watch movies thru
mobile phones anywhere and anytime with theatrical effect. iBand+ from the Netherlands
is an auto-learning software algorithm that help improve sleep quality. ITRI, one
of Taiwan’s most important innovation research institutions, focuses on 3 main
exhibits: intelligent vision, intelligent healthcare, and intelligent city, with
nearly 30 newest technologies and applications.

Taiwan is the sprouting place for startups and InnoVEX has
become Asia’s largest networking platform for startups, attracting global
startups and enterprises to build the future technology prototype. The InnoVEX
Pitch Contest, with a grand prize of $30,000 US dollars was won by Amaryllo.
Addweup received the Foxconn Technology Group Special Award of $10,000 US
dollars. Startup motivation was in full force at InnoVEX: Embrace Audio Lab of
Taiwan offered a gum size of XPUMP signal processor which brings support to
mobile devices with 3D surround sound effect; Nexstgo breaks the previous
framework restrictions, released world’s first sandwich design of commercial
smart phone; and Travis, which was able to achieve a 785% on fundraising
platform, Indiegogo, presented the translation device that was able to
translate 80 languages.

Mr.
Walter Yeh, President & CEO of TAITRA indicated, “COMPUTEX has been going
through positive transformation the past 2 years with featured exhibits and
forum topics in sync with the global technology trends and maintaining its
leading position internationally. COMPUTEX showcases the complete ICT supply
chain while expanding into the IoT ecosystems and AI applications of today. We
hope to bring global innovations and startups to join COMPUTEX and become the
best platform for big corporations and startups to establish strategic
partnerships.”

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Established
in 1981, COMPUTEX TAIPEI is the leading global ICT and IoT show with a complete
supply chain and ecosystems. Co-organized by the Taiwan External Trade
Development Council (TAITRA) and Taipei Computer Association (TCA), COMPUTEX,
based upon Taiwan’s complete ICT clusters, covers the whole spectrum of ICT
industry, from established brands to startups and from ICT supply chain to IoT
ecosystems. With strong R&D and manufacturing capabilities and IPR
protection, Taiwan is a strategic destination for foreign companies and
investors looking for partners in global technology ecosystems. Follow COMPUTEX
on its website at www.computextaipei.com.tw and on Twitter @computex_taipei
using the hashtag #COMPUTEX.

Founded in 1970 to help
promote foreign trade, the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA)
is the foremost non-profit trade promotion organization in Taiwan. Jointly
sponsored by the government, industry associations, and several commercial
organizations, TAITRA assists Taiwan businesses and manufacturers with
reinforcing their international competitiveness and in coping with the
challenges they face in foreign markets.

TAITRA boasts a
well-coordinated trade promotion and information network of over 1,200 trained
specialists stationed throughout its Taipei headquarters, four local branch
offices in Hsinchu, Taichung, Tainan and Kaohsiung, and 60 overseas branch
offices worldwide. Together with its sister organizations, Taiwan Trade Center
(TTC) and Taipei World Trade Center (TWTC), TAITRA has created a wealth of
trade opportunities through effective promotion strategies.

In addition to organizing
trade delegations & providing customized procurement services, TAITRA also
hosts more than 35 international trade shows annually in Taipei and in
Kaohsiung. In 2016, 11,128 exhibitors and 83,807 international visitors took
part in these events.