I Went to COMPUTEX 2026. Here’s What Actually Stood Out

This was my first time at COMPUTEX, and honestly, it was overwhelming in the best way. As a software engineer and a homelabber, I came into the show expecting a lot of AI hardware, but I did not expect almost everything to be AI. NVIDIA’s influence was everywhere, from data center platforms to local AI machines, edge devices, workstations, and mini PCs. But I wanted this video to be more than just "AI was everywhere." I tried to look at COMPUTEX through my own lens: what stood out, what felt practical, what seemed weird, and what I would actually care about as someone who builds, self-hosts, works with infrastructure, and pays attention to real-world hardware and software. So in this recap, I’m talking about the AI wave, RTX Spark, GB10-style systems, NVIDIA Vera Rubin hardware, ASUS, ASUSTOR, ASRock, MINISFORUM, Noctua, Seasonic, KVMs, open source projects, mini PCs, NAS gear, and some of the non-AI things I managed to find on the show floor. COMPUTEX 2026 was a lot, but these are the things that actually stood out to me. Huge thanks to ASUS. ASUS helped cover travel for my COMPUTEX visit. They did not sponsor this video and had no editorial input into either. Also a huge thanks to ‪@RaidOwl‬ who I got to spend a lot of time with. Check out his channel if you haven't already! Video Notes: https://technotim.com/posts/computex-... Merch Shop 🛍️: https://l.technotim.com/shop Support me on Patreon:   / technotim   Sponsor me on GitHub: https://github.com/sponsors/timothyst... Subscribe on Twitch:   / technotim   Become a YouTube member:    / @technotim   Gear Recommendations: https://l.technotim.com/gear Get Help in Our Discord Community: https://l.technotim.com/discord 2nd channel:    / @technotimtinkers   (Affiliate links may be included in this description. I may receive a small commission at no cost to you.) 00:00 Computex Hangover 00:23 COMPUTEX Was Basically All AI 00:55 NVIDIA’s Blueprint Was Everywhere 01:15 RTX Spark and GB10 Concerns 02:27 MINIX T5000 and NVIDIA Thor 03:14 Gaming Hardware, ROG NUC, and Wild Routers 04:11 Industrial KVMs at Scale 05:12 ASUSTOR, NAS Cameras, and AI Agents 06:16 Mini PCs: ASRock and MINISFORUM 07:30 Noctua Is More Than Fans 08:21 Seasonic PSUs and Power Monitoring 09:26 Startups and Open Source Taiwan 10:28 Four GX10s and Agentic Workflows 11:38 ASUS NUC 16 and ProArt RTX Spark 12:17 Jensen, Sparkle, and Vera Rubin 13:54 BlueField 4 and AI Storage 14:46 Final COMPUTEX 2026 Takeaway 15:26 Getting Kicked Out Thank you for watching!