Computex 2024 preview: What we expect to see at this year's show, from AI PCs to next-generation chips from Intel, AMD and more

Computex 2024 is nearly upon us. One of the biggest events in the tech calendar, this year's show takes place between June 4-7 at the Taipei Nangang ExhibitionCenter in sunny Taiwan. We'll be on the ground attending every major keynote, booth tour, and product launch we can in order to bring you as much coverage possible of all the latest developments in PC hardware, tech innovations and more. 

The six major themes for this year's event are AI computing, advanced connectivity, future mobility, immersive reality, sustainability, and innovations. 

We'll take a fairly large punt that the first of those dominates the announcements this year, but we expect to see a variety of hardware innovations, refreshes and product launches get their day in the sun as the show goes on.

Below, we've put together a round-up of our top candidates for what we think we might see at this year's event.

It wouldn't be a modern tech show without one term dominating the order of events, and of course, that's artificial intelligence. AI computing in some form or fashion is big news for just about every major tech manufacturer at this point, and alongside some NPU-equipped chips and AI data center discussion, expect to see the term bolted to just about every new product launch you can think of, for better or worse.

AI-equipped gaming chairs? At this point, we really wouldn't be surprised.

Still, all this AI discussion is likely to lead to some insights as to how companies envision the tech being applied in the future, and—if CES 2024 was anything to go by—expect manufacturers to continue to apply the term AI to just about every piece of hardware you can think of. 

AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su will deliver the opening keynote at this year's show, entitled «The future of high-performance computing in the AI era». The good Dr. is set to «highlight the next generation of AMD products», although exactly which of them get the red carpet treatment remains to be seen.

AMD's Strix Point mobile chips have been