Nvidia, AMD and Intel: What you can expect from Computex 2024

With Jensen Huang from Nvidia, Lisa Su from AMD and Pat Gelsinger from Intel, all the CEOs of the major chip manufacturers will be giving a keynote speech. The latter will be presenting new products. I don't expect much from Nvidia, however.

No new graphics cards from Nvidia

Jensen Huang will be holding a keynote on Sunday, 2 June. This is before the official opening of Computex. This would suggest that Nvidia is planning to present something important. But if you're hoping for graphics cards for your computer, you'll probably be disappointed. Nvidia itself writes that the keynote is intended to shed light on how the era of AI is driving a new industrial revolution. That doesn't sound like the upcoming RTX 50 series. In any case, the new graphics card series are traditionally presented in autumn. But who knows, maybe Huang is still holding a new model up to the camera - as a teaser. But I don't expect anything more. Nvidia's board partners such as MSI, Asus or Gigabyte may present new models from the current series with an adapted cooling design.

AMD with Strix Point for notebooks and Granite Ridge for desktop

AMD's Lisa Su is likely to have much more to say in terms of specific products. The mobile chips of the Strix Point series are due to be released this year. Computex would be the perfect place to unveil them, especially as Su is giving the opening keynote. Now that Qualcomm is about to launch its Snapdragon X chips in notebooks, AMD is under pressure to act. Anything other than a presentation would surprise me. AMD's partners will also be presenting their new model series at Computex.

But Su should not only satisfy fans of notebooks. She is also expected to announce new CPUs for desktop PCs. These will be the new Zen 5 processors, codenamed Granite Ridge. This is because the motherboard manufacturers already released BIOS updates in April that support the new chips. Performance is expected to be up to 19 per cent higher in single-core compared to the current flagship Ryzen 9 7950X. That would be a significant increase in performance.

Intel with Lunar Lake

Like AMD, Intel is also under pressure. The company has been losing market share to AMD for years. The new Windows on Arm devices will exacerbate the situation for Intel. The manufacturer must therefore deliver a competitive product. The main focus of the upcoming Lunar Lake processors is likely to be efficiency. This is the biggest difference between the x86-based Intel architecture and Qualcomm's Arm-based architecture, which powers the new Copilot Plus notebooks.

CEO Pat Gelsinger could also tease the desktop chips of the Arrow Lake generation. However, no specific performance data will be mentioned. But one can always hope.

Snapdragon X notebooks to touch

It has long been known that Qualcomm's Snapdragon X chips are intended to help Windows on Arm achieve a breakthrough. With the new Surface devices from Microsoft and the Copilot Plus notebooks from various well-known manufacturers, this step now seems to be within reach. The devices have all already been unveiled and will be available to touch for the first time at Computex.

AI in everything

Today, even thermal paste comes with AI - or not. This trend is likely to continue at Computex. I wouldn't be surprised if AI toilet paper is presented in Taipei that tells you when you can stop cleaning. As far-fetched as my idea may be, there will certainly be one or two curiosities to marvel at.

ROG Ally X

The Ally X is a refresh of the Asus gaming handheld Ally. This is an open secret. The biggest change is likely to be a larger battery. It remains to be hoped that competitor MSI will also present an upgrade of the Claw handheld. The manufacturer's first attempt is according to tests, a disaster.

Little new on the monitor front

The big monitor news of the year was already at CES in January. At Computex, the manufacturers will probably show little that is new. And the little will probably consist of manufacturers putting panels that are already available into new monitors.

Lots of new PC components and peripherals

New RAM, new SSDs, new cases, new keyboards, new mice. In terms of PC components and peripherals, there should be a lot to see at Computex. If there's anything out of the ordinary, you'll be reading about it with us next week. <p