Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang visited the second day of Computex 2026, Asia's largest information technology exhibition, touring the booths of optical and cooling companies that supply core technologies for artificial intelligence (AI) data centers. After visiting memory and semiconductor companies on the first day, Huang inspected another set of key suppliers, reviewing Taiwan-centered AI supply chains while reinforcing partnerships. Amid crowds of thousands, he briefly engaged with Taiwanese citizens through handshakes and autographs, proving his status as "the hottest CEO on the planet" in his home country of Taiwan as well.
Huang visited booths at Computex 2026 held at the Nangang Exhibition Center in Taipei, Taiwan, on Tuesday local time. Wherever he went, crowds of around 1,000 people gathered, completely paralyzing pedestrian flow. Despite sweating in the hot indoor air, attendees raised their smartphone cameras high to capture his every move. Cheers erupted whenever Huang signed 1,000 New Taiwan dollar banknotes or souvenirs for fans or posed for commemorative photos.
He focused particularly on visiting booths of Taiwanese original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) on the first floor of TaiNEX Hall 1, including Auras, MSI, Lite-On, Advantech and Gigabyte, as well as Taiwanese firms such as Vertiv, reaffirming his affection for the local ecosystem. Drawing on its past PC and electronics manufacturing capabilities and its solid mid-sized and small-business ecosystem, Taiwan is home to a balanced lineup of leaders in semiconductors, including not only TSMC's foundry business but also fabless players such as MediaTek and Novatek and back-end firms specializing in packaging. As a result, the country boasts the world's first or second largest market share across all three major semiconductor processes — design, production and back-end processing.
The Taiwanese ecosystem is also crucial for Nvidia's AI chip "Vera Rubin," which will enter full-scale mass production in the second half of the year. Vera Rubin will be released in four rack-form products. The work requires OEMs to assemble the racks themselves, optical modules to connect the racks and cooling technology to control server overheating — roles that Taiwan will fill. On the first day, Huang visited SK hynix, a leading memory company, and MediaTek, a semiconductor design firm. On Tuesday, he moved beyond chips to visit server-related companies.
The day before, Huang also visited the SK hynix booth and met with SK Group Chairman Tae-won Choi, and put on a performance signing a panel product from Samsung Display.
