Every year, COMPUTEX builds anticipation around one thing more than anything else, its keynotes. Not just speeches, but signals. Not just announcements, but direction.

In 2026, that signal is loud and unmistakable. AI is no longer a trend. It is infrastructure, strategy, and battleground, all at once.

And this year’s keynote lineup reads less like a speaker list and more like a map of where computing is headed next.

The Opening Note: Intelligence Everywhere

It begins with Cristiano Amon, President and CEO of Qualcomm.

On the afternoon of June 1st, at Hall 2, Level 7 of the Nangang Exhibition Center, Amon takes the stage to officially open COMPUTEX 2026.

The theme is clear. Computing is no longer confined.

Under his leadership, Qualcomm is pushing intelligence across every layer, devices, edge systems, and data centers. The company’s direction is built around integrating device intelligence, edge to cloud performance, and next generation connectivity.

At the center of this shift are the Snapdragon and Qualcomm Dragonwing platforms. These are not just chips. They are designed as foundations for AI PCs, personal AI devices, smartphones, industrial AI, robotics, and even data centers.

The promise is real time decision making. Autonomous operation. Context aware systems.

In short, computing that doesn’t wait.

The Infrastructure Question: Moving Data at Scale

Then comes Matt Murphy, Chairman and CEO of Marvell Technology.

Scheduled for June 2nd at 10:30 AM, also at Nangang Exhibition Center Hall 2, his keynote shifts the conversation from devices to infrastructure.

Because AI has a problem. Data.

Murphy’s focus is on one of the industry’s hardest challenges, how to efficiently move, store, process, and protect exploding volumes of data across increasingly complex systems.

Marvell’s role sits deep inside this challenge. Its technologies power everything from server internals and rack level architectures to the networks connecting global data centers.

This keynote is expected to go beyond products. It will explore how Marvell and its ecosystem partners are shaping AI optimized systems that scale, without collapsing under their own weight.

Intel’s Turn: Reinventing the Core

Later the same day, Li-Wu Chen of Intel takes the stage.

His keynote, also at Nangang Exhibition Center Hall 2, focuses on the foundations, silicon, systems, and software.

Because while AI is expanding fast, the core still matters.

Chen’s message revolves around breakthroughs that redefine performance, energy efficiency, and scalability. But more importantly, he highlights collaboration.

Not as a buzzword, but as necessity.

Intel’s vision leans heavily into heterogeneous computing, where different types of processors and architectures work together. The goal is to build infrastructure that can actually support the demands of the AI era, not just react to them.

This is about rebuilding computing from the inside out.

MediaTek: AI for Everyone

On the morning of June 3rd, Rick Tsai, Vice Chairman and CEO of MediaTek, brings a different tone.

A broader one.

His keynote looks at AI not just as enterprise infrastructure, but as something that must scale to everyday life.

From megawatt scale data centers to edge devices in the hands of consumers, MediaTek is positioning itself at a critical intersection.

Dr. Tsai will explore how AI evolves next, not just in capability, but in accessibility. The company’s ambition is clear, to democratize AI, while continuing to lead in mobile chips and expanding into edge to cloud ecosystems.

This is where AI becomes invisible. Embedded. Everywhere.

The Physical World: AI Steps Out

That idea becomes even more tangible with Rafael Sotomayor, President and CEO of NXP Semiconductors.

Speaking on the afternoon of June 2nd at the Taipei World Trade Center, his keynote introduces a concept that is gaining momentum, physical AI.

At the intelligent edge, where data meets real time decision making, NXP is working on systems that interact directly with the physical world.

Smarter. Safer. More autonomous.

Sotomayor’s session will dive into the architecture behind this shift, the security requirements, and the challenges of bringing AI out of the digital realm and into real world systems.

This is where AI stops being software and starts becoming behavior.

Cisco Enters the Stage: From Concept to Reality

For the first time, Cisco joins the COMPUTEX keynote lineup.

And it does so with intent.

On June 1st at 3:00 PM, Jeremy Foster, Senior Vice President of Cisco’s Computing Division, takes the stage at Nangang Exhibition Center Hall 2.

His focus is practical. Almost urgent.

Enterprise AI is no longer about experimentation. It is about execution.

Foster’s keynote, built around a full stack approach, addresses the real challenges organizations face, moving from proof of concept to mission critical deployment.

He will explore how enterprises can deal with shifting bottlenecks, where the problem is no longer access to compute, but how effectively it is used.

Performance, density, efficiency. These are no longer trade offs.

And the answer, according to Cisco, lies in secure, production ready architectures that deliver predictable performance while reducing complexity and risk.

More Than Keynotes, A Coordinated Narrative

Across all these sessions, a pattern emerges.

Different companies. Different layers of the stack. Same direction.

AI is no longer isolated to one domain.

It flows from silicon to systems, from edge to cloud, from data centers to physical environments.

And COMPUTEX 2026 is where that flow becomes visible.

The Scale Behind the Stage

The event itself reflects that ambition.

From June 2nd to June 5th, COMPUTEX 2026 spans multiple venues, Nangang Exhibition Center Halls 1 and 2, Taipei World Trade Center Hall 1, and Taipei International Convention Center.

The numbers tell their own story.

1,500 companies.
6,000 booths.

All contributing to what organizers call the “COMPUTEX Technology Lifestyle Circle”, a full spectrum ecosystem covering R&D, manufacturing, and real world applications.

The Final Signal

Registration for keynotes opens in mid April. The COMPUTEX Forum is already drawing attention, with early bird incentives and even an AI laptop giveaway adding to the buzz.

But the real draw remains unchanged.

The people on stage.

From Qualcomm to Marvell, Intel to MediaTek, NXP to Cisco, these are not just participants. They are architects of what comes next.

And at COMPUTEX 2026, they are not just sharing updates.

They are defining the future, in real time.

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