34 PCWorld JULY 2019
NEWS
The monstrous, momentous PC
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From futuristic laptops to trailblazing new chips, this is the PC hardware that caught our
eye at Computex 2019. BY BRAD CHACOS
C
ES is where the technology
industry goes to dream.
Computex, in Taipei, Taiwan, is
where things get real ahead of
the crucial back-to-school and holiday
seasons. At this year’s show, some of the
PC’s most ambitious dreams are finally
becoming tangible.
This was a Computex to remember. AMD
flexed its hard-earned 7nm muscle, beating
both Intel and Nvidia to the punch with
cutting-edge Ryzen and Radeon chips. But
those giants pushed back hard, rolling out
new laptop initiatives—and Intel’s long-
delayed 10nm processors.
Chipmakers weren’t the only companies
strutting their stuff. Computer makers
showed off all sorts of wild new gear, from