Computex 2025: Takeaways from Asia's top AI tech show

With much of the world's attention on the AI race between the US and China, this week's Computex conference served as a stark reminder of the central role that Taiwan continues to play in the global technology industry.

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The 2025 edition of Asia's signature tech gathering didn't break as much new ground as last year, when Nvidia Corp's Jensen Huang unveiled a multi-year roadmap for AI chip design. But it still drew the attention of an industry parsing the fallout from Washington's campaign to curb Beijing's tech ambitions in the aftermath of DeepSeek.

Major takeaways from Computex 2025:

NO CONSUMER AI

There was scant mention of consumers this year. In 2024, Qualcomm Inc devoted its presentation to how AI would make everything better and we'd never again need our laptop chargers on the move.

This time around, it flipped to a script focused on enterprise applications for AI.

Foxconn, also known as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co, used its first keynote address at the show to go big on heavy-duty AI, from making cities smarter to bringing robots to manufacturing and making EV design more efficient. The company that assembles the bulk of the world's iPhones had nothing to excite consumers.

Asustek Computer Inc offered a sobering outlook on the prospects of so-called AI PCs.