Best Choice Award 2024 Announces the Winners of 41 Awards
Best Choice Award (BC Award) is the
official award of COMPUTEX which has served as a reliable procurement guide for
buyers from around the world since it started over 20 years ago. As the
organizer of the award, Taipei Computer Association (TCA) held the Winners
Launch event on May 28 in the Le Méridien Taipei and invited VIPs representing
the winning companies as well as international trade offices and media from
Taiwan and abroad. The Best Choice Award 2024 announces the winners of the
Golden Award, Sustainable Tech Special Award, and Category Award; while the
winner of the highest honor: the Best Choice of the Year award will be announced
during the opening of COMPUTEX 2024 on June 4.
In total, the winners of the 41 awards
focused on various categories such as AI, Big Data, & Cloud Computing;
Computer & System; Gaming & Entertainment; and more. The winners
include products from: Acer, ADATA, ASUS, AVerMedia, C&T Solution, CHT
Security, ELAN Microelectronics, Framework Computer, MAKALOT, ltd., MSI,
NVIDIA, PLANET Technology, Realtek, Rich Source Precision, Silicon Motion,
Super Micro Computer, TEAM T5, Wincomm, YUAN High-Tech, and Zotac. Visitors can
visit the BC Award booth during COMPUTEX 2024 in the Taipei Nangang Exhibition
Center Hall 1, 1F, booth I0307
Golden
Award Winners Show How Growing AI Trends Reignite Interest in Innovative
Conventional Solutions
Reflecting the current trends of the ICT
industry, the 3 main topics of the Best Choice Award 2024 winners are: Computer
& System, Gaming & Entertainment, and AI, Big Data, & Cloud
Computing. The growing trend of AI and demand for AI solutions encourages
companies to integrate AI into their products and solutions; starting a
regeneration of conventional ICT products and solutions.
This year, the Golden Award winners include
products and solutions from various categories that aim to prepare users for
the coming AI era or utilize the new capabilities made possible by AI. The Golden
Award winners are:
● Acer Predator Helios 18,
a top-of-the-line gaming laptop which integrates AI to enhance ray tracing,
with supersampling and frame generation.
● New Generation AIoT Home
Center SoC by Realtek Semiconductor offers
high-efficiency AI edge computing, low power consumption, and ultra-integrated
single-chip solutions for next-generation Wi-Fi and Bluetooth technologies.
● The NVIDIA SmartVDO Air6N0,
a powerful AI computing platform that transforms data center operations using
digital twins.
● ThreatSonar
Anti-Ransomware by TEAM T5 brings together
intelligence gathering, AI threat detection, and response capabilities to
effectively hunt down and combat ransomware attacks.
● MSI Prestige 16 AI Evo Slim
AI Laptop continues the design legacy of MSI's Prestige series with its
magnesium-aluminum alloy chassis making it lighter and thinner than similar
products without having to reduce the number of ports.
● ASUS ROG Matrix Platinum
GeForce RTX™ 4090 24GB GDDR6X has a 360mm high-end AIO liquid cooling
system with a metal frame and aluminum body to protect the semi-hollow
coldplate chamber, PCB, and pump shroud.
● MAKALOT’s j-mex MOXI Smart
Mo-Cap Suit is a unique washable smart garment that offers comfort for the
wearer designed for all ages and is suitable for professional and amateur
athletes alike, people recovering from injury, those undergoing or training for
fitness tests, people using AR/VR, video makers, and animators.
● CypherCom End-to-end
Encryption Communication System by CHT Security protects
sensitive information such as clients' voice calls, texts, audiovisual
documents, and business secrets.
● NVIDIA AI Enterprise is an end-to-end,
cloud-native software platform that accelerates data science pipelines and
streamlines development and deployment of production-grade co-pilots and other
generative AI applications.
Sustainable
Tech Special Award Supports the Rising Demand for Sustainability
TCA stated that as companies and countries
around the world aim to achieve net zero by 2050, sustainability has become one
of the most important trends in the ICT industry. To support this endeavor,
Best Choice Award has included the Sustainable Tech Special Award for the second
time. The Sustainable Tech Special Award puts 3 main factors for the judging
criteria: Material Usage, Chemical Inclusion, and Climate Change Impact.
This year, the winners of the Sustainable
Tech Special Award are:
● The Framework Laptop 16
comes with up upgradeable, modular components that comply with industry
standards to ensure compatibility with existing components and maximum customizability.
● The ASUS AirVision M1 uses
micro displays to effectively reduce the energy demand while also making the
device small enough for easy storage and portability to suit the needs of
modern living.
● PLANET Technology’s AIoT
Application Server brings together environmental monitoring sensors,
servers, and display managers into one system that can reduce the need and cost
of headcount while enhancing cybersecurity capabilities.
● The MSI Cubi NUC is made with
92% renewable energy and rPET eco-friendly materials and packaged in
FSC-certified paper.
● Supermicro’s DLC (Direct Liquid
Cooling) Plug-And-Play Rack Solution makes use of the higher coefficient of
performance (COP) from liquid cooling systems to provide a convenient and
sustainable source of cooling while reducing energy demands and carbon
emissions.
● C&T Solutions’ ECO-1000
Supercapacitor UPS modules are made with industrial-grade supercapacitors
instead of batteries, greatly reducing the use and emission of harmful
materials.
Winners
of the Best Choice Award 2024 will be displayed in the Best Choice Award
Pavilion booth I0307 in Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center Hall 1. Everyone is
welcome to visit the pavilion and join in the TCA’s 50th anniversary
which will be held in the pavilion.