PCW is heading off to Computex this Sunday, where we'll be attending the world's second biggest IT event. It's across four halls plus various hotels and buildings close by, including Taipei 101, currently the world's tallest building.

About this time every year the trade show is held in Taipei, Taiwan, and is typically used by major vendors to announce new products and plans. Taiwan, as techheads will know, dominates our sector for components, so it's a great show to visit to get the latest on what we can expect over the coming year. Of course there'll also be the usual US suspects exhibiting, and we do expect to hear and see more about the digital home, so it will be interesting to see what progress there has been since this time last year.

Keep an eye out for regular updates in the Test Bed blog, plus news stories on our site. We've got bags of meetings arranged, but still enough time to wander around the stands looking for those little gems, and you'll be able to keep up with it all here.

The show kicks off on Tuesday 31 May through until Saturday June 4. PCW is staying on though, visiting manufacturers after the event, so we'll keep posting until we fly out on 8 June.

For anyone going for the first time: It's hot, humid and the forecasts are predicting rain and thunderstorms. Much like last year.