GoKawiilTom's Hardware has covered hundreds of press events, and for a long time, you've always seen the finished product. You've always seen the dizzying number of articles coming from events. But what is it really like to cover Computex 2026?
Our staff on the ground are peeling back the curtain to offer you unprecedented insight into how the proverbial sausage is made. Tom's Hardware Unfiltered: From travel to urgently dashing around Taipei, and of course, quick thoughts about the things that we're seeing directly from the show. After each day, we're compiling our thoughts on what we've seen, including any trials and tribulations we've faced amid our incredibly busy schedules.
The show hasn't even kicked off, and there's still a slew of news to get through, so be sure to check out the fruits of our labor. With all that said and done, it's time to kick things off with Day 0 of our War Room dispatch.
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Paul Alcorn: Editor-in-Chief
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I arrived in Taipei in the blistering heat after three flights and 22 hours in transit, a grueling trip as usual, but luckily, I arrived in the evening and had no appointments. After a half-decent night’s sleep, I headed to the Acer demos to check out their new Intel G3 Extreme-powered handheld and dig up some new info on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon C platform. Acer had the laptop dutifully locked behind glass to keep curious press away from toying with the system, but I happened upon a demo unit that a Qualcomm rep was showing around. A few seconds later, and I had the Windows Task Manager open to peep the unreleased info on the eight-core CPU and its GPU. I’ll be writing up those details tonight as I wait for Nvidia’s pre-brief, which is inconveniently scheduled for 12:30 am Taipei time. That’s going to make for a long day tomorrow.
Joe Shields: Staff Writer, Components
I arrived in Taiwan around 05:40 AM on Sunday after a 17-hour flight from Ohio (five to Seattle, 12-plus to Taipei. Flying that long and being stuck inside a cigar tube, a large one at least, was better than expected, but it’s still an incredibly long flight. Traveling from the airport to the hotel by train (MRT) was easy (most signs have English writing!) and offered great views of Taipei along the way. Even though Computex hasn’t officially started, I have a meeting with Asus this afternoon, with most meetings and roundtables running Tuesday through Thursday. I’m looking forward to sleeping and heading to one of the many night markets (Shilin, one of the largest) to check out the local wares and try new foods before things get hectic later in the week.
Jake Roach: Senior Analyst, CPUs
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