Walking the floor at COMPUTEX 2026, it is clear that ADATA is pushing heavily under their “Activate the AI Core” theme. While their booth is packed with everything from enterprise tech to AI-powered robotic arms, I spent my time focusing on their latest consumer lifestyle storage, stunning new gaming memory, and a fascinating open-source software toolkit that could radically cut down AI deployment costs.
Here is a breakdown of the standout products from the ADATA and XPG showcase.
The Next Generation of Portable Storage: ADATA Urban Series
ADATA debuted its new URBAN external SSD lineup, specifically built for high-speed, on-the-go creative workflows. Two form factors stole the show:
ADATA Urban Tapsafe
For those prioritizing data security without the hassle of typing complex passwords on a mobile device, the Urban Tapsafe is an incredibly clever solution.
- The Standout Feature: It features an intuitive NFC-enabled secure unlocking mechanism. You simply tap your smartphone against the drive to unlock it. It even supports a multi-user authorization system, making it easy to securely share files within a creative team.
- Performance: Operating on a USB 3.2 Gen2 x2 interface, it delivers read/write speeds up to 1,900 MB/s.
- Form Factor: It features a built-in clip design, meaning you can mount it directly onto cameras, phone rigs, or tripods to avoid dangling cables while shooting.
ADATA Urban Pocket Elite
If sheer speed and compactness are what you need, the Red Dot Design Award-winning Urban Pocket Elite (previously known in development as the SE930) is a miniaturized powerhouse designed for 8K RAW video processing.
- The Standout Feature: Compared to ADATA’s previous generation (the SE920), this drive achieves a massive 75% reduction in volume and an 80% reduction in weight. It fits effortlessly into a coin pocket.
- Performance: This is a full USB4 drive, blasting out write speeds up to 3,600 MB/s and read speeds up to 4,000 MB/s using a fanless, silent cooling architecture.
- Sustainability: True to ADATA’s 2026 green initiatives, the housing is built using 75% recycled aluminum and 85% post-consumer recycled plastic.
Flagship Aesthetic & Performance: XPG Novakey RGB DDR5
Over on the gaming side, XPG’s flagship memory kit—the Novakey RGB DDR5—collected a massive haul of hardware awards this year, including the 2026 CES Best of Innovation Award and the COMPUTEX Best Choice Sustainable Tech Special Award.
There are two distinct versions of this kit depending on your ecosystem:
- XPG Novakey RGB DDR5 (Standard flagship): This kit introduces the world’s first patented “Infinity Mirror” lighting design built directly into the heatsink. When illuminated, it creates a mesmerizing 3D visual depth with layered RGB reflections that look incredible through a glass PC side panel. Performance-wise, it pushes speeds up to a blistering 8,000 MT/s with low CL30 latencies, utilizing a heatsink made of 50% recycled aluminum.
- XPG Novakey RGB DDR5 ROG Certified: For builders tied into the ASUS Republic of Gamers ecosystem, XPG showcased a dedicated ROG-certified variant. This version is precision-tuned and undergoes extensive validation to ensure flawless compatibility, stable signaling, and automatic performance optimization when paired with ASUS ROG motherboards (including specialized ROG cross-over lighting profiles).
The Hidden Gem: TRUSTA AI Scaler Toolkit
While the hardware at the booth was flashier, the most intriguing piece of tech was easily the TRUSTA AI Scaler Toolkit, developed by ADATA’s enterprise storage brand, TRUSTA. It took home the COMPUTEX Best Choice AI Category Award, and for good reason.
Running Large Language Models (LLMs) locally usually requires incredibly expensive enterprise GPUs with massive amounts of VRAM. The TRUSTA AI Scaler Toolkit is an open-source software layer designed to bypass these rigid hardware limitations.
How it works: Instead of crashing or halting when an AI workload exceeds local GPU VRAM, the AI Scaler Toolkit uses a hybrid architecture approach. It dynamically allocates and extends the workload across the system’s GPU memory, system DRAM, and high-speed SSD storage based on real-time demands.
By allowing cheaper pool resources (like system RAM and enterprise SSDs) to act as extended memory for AI inference and fine-tuning, TRUSTA claims this toolkit can reduce on-prem AI deployment costs by more than 50%.
The consumer crossover: While originally built for data centers, ADATA actively demonstrated this toolkit running on the consumer PC platform via Intel’s Innovation Pass Program. They showed large AI models running locally and efficiently on everyday devices like Intel Core Ultra-powered laptops and NUC mini-PCs, effectively democratizing edge-AI computing. Better yet? The toolkit was officially released for free download right before the show, making it an open architecture playground for independent developers and tech hobbyists alike.
