If you asked me what Computex 2026 was about, the obvious answer would be AI.

Every booth had AI. Every presentation had AI. Every product somehow had AI. At some point, I was half-expecting a screwdriver or a pack of cable ties to claim AI integration.

But after spending several days walking the halls of Nangang Exhibition Center, I noticed three other things that kept showing up over and over again.

1st. Anniversaries

Apparently, Computex 2026 was also the year everyone decided to celebrate a birthday. ASUS Republic of Gamers, MSI, Gigabyte, ADATA, ZOTAC, ASRock, and T-FORCE (TEAMGROUP) all had anniversary-themed products, displays, or exhibits. No matter where I went, there seemed to be another commemorative logo, limited edition product, or display reminding visitors how long a company had been around.

By the end of the week, I felt like I had attended several birthday parties without receiving a single slice of cake.

2nd. Jensen Huang Signatures

Not Jensen Huang himself, although he was everywhere too. His signature somehow found its way onto graphics cards, motherboards, PC cases, shirts, side panels, posters, collectibles, and just about anything that could survive being written on with a marker.

Some booths proudly displayed signed hardware as if it had evolved into a new product category.

At one point, I started wondering whether there was a dedicated team whose sole responsibility was chasing Jensen around Computex with increasingly random objects.

“Sir, would you mind signing this GPU?”

“Sir, would you mind signing this case panel?”

“Sir, would you mind signing this completely unrelated item we found five minutes ago?”

3rd. AIO Coolers with Displays


Not just displays.

Bigger displays.

Wider displays.

Curved displays.

Displays wrapped around pump blocks.

Displays attached to displays.

If you looked at enough AIO coolers this year, it became clear that manufacturers have entered an unofficial competition to answer a very important question:

“How much screen can we attach to a cooler before someone notices?”

Some companies opted for larger LCD panels. Others experimented with curved screens. A few seemed determined to turn the pump block into a tiny secondary monitor or even three tiny monitors.

Performance specifications were still there, of course, but the display often got introduced first.

By the final day of Computex, I could no longer tell whether I was looking at a cooling solution or a wearable tech prototype that accidentally ended up inside a PC.

Computex 2026 delivered plenty of legitimate innovations and technological advancements. But beyond the endless AI discussions, three things consistently appeared throughout the show floor:

Everyone was celebrating an anniversary. Everything was getting signed by Jensen Huang. And every AIO manufacturer was trying to convince us that what our CPUs really needed was a bigger screen.

Honestly, if Computex 2027 arrives and someone unveils an AI-powered anniversary-edition AIO cooler with Jensen Huang’s signature already printed on the display, I won’t even be surprised.