SK Hynix’s Former CEO Returns to Intel After Years Away, Taking Charge as EVP of Foundry Business & Advanced Packaging Technologies

Intel has hired Seok-Hee Lee as EVP of its Foundry's Advanced Packaging & Back-End Technology, bringing years of experience from SK Hynix, where he served as President and CEO.

Press Release: Intel Corporation today announced the appointment of Seok-Hee Lee as executive vice president of Intel Foundry, reporting directly to CEO Lip-Bu Tan. In this role, Lee will lead all advanced packaging, system integration, back-end technology development, and back-end manufacturing, strengthening Intel’s ability

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Report: Intel Partners With Taiwan’s UMC on 3nm Chips, Taking Direct Aim at TSMC’s Foundry Dominance

Chip manufacturing giant Intel has partnered up with Taiwan's second-largest contract chip manufacturer, United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), for advanced manufacturing process technology, suggests a report from FundaAI. Intel, under its CEO Lip-Bu Tan, is seeking to compete with Taiwan's TSMC in the contract chip manufacturing industry. According to the details, UMC is seeking to team up with Intel to gain a foothold in advanced chip manufacturing without having to expend significant amounts of capital for the machinery.

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The Epic Games Store and Epic Games Launcher is Getting a “Ground-Up Rebuild,” Roadmap Shows Long-Awaited Features on their way

As Epic Games is going through what's coming next from the company in terms of Unreal Engine , it's also revealing what we can expect from its other divisions, like the Epic Games Store . While Epic has admitted it's not going to beat Steam and become the new number one digital storefront on PC, that isn't stopping the company from making the store better than what we have now. Which is why Epic revealed today it has a lot of plans for the future of the EGS and

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Star Wars: Zero Company – Everything You Need to Know about the First X-COM Like Game set in Star Wars

Star Wars: Zero Company is arguably one of the most intriguing games on the 2026 calendar: a turn-based tactical RPG set in the ever-popular Star Wars universe, developed by Bit Reactor in collaboration with Respawn Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts, as announced in early 2022. The game was first unveiled at Star Wars Celebration Japan in April 2025 and has since steadily built anticipation among both Star Wars fans and fans of tactical strategy games. Bit Reactor's pedigree

Ghost of Yotei is Reportedly Carrying the Load for First-Party PlayStation Games in 2026 as it nears an Estimated 5M Copies Sold

Last year's Ghost of Yotei is currently this year's best-selling first-party PlayStation Studios title, according to a new report from Alinea Analytics . The latest from Sucker Punch is closing in on an estimated 5 million copies sold since launch , the report claims, and as we officially transition to the back-half of 2026, it's estimated 1.1 million copies sold within 2026 is carrying the load for PlayStation's first-party portfolio.

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A bar chart titled 'Sony games released since 2023: On-platform revenue this year' shows 'Ghost of Yotei' with the highest estimate at $77.6M, followed by 'The Show 26' at $53.6M, totaling $308M for all games on PS5 so far.
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Samsung Workers Wore Black In Protest Today, As A 100x Bonus Gap With Semiconductor Workers Splits The Company

Samsung's highly lucrative bonus deal with its semiconductor employees is now tearing the conglomerate apart along the proverbial seams, as the ensuing astronomical pay gap is now spurring angst among ex-semiconductor employees.

To demonstrate their grievances, Samsung Device Experience (DX) employees, which include those from its Mobile, Display, and Digital Appliance businesses, chose a novel and fairly dramatic method today, replete with overtones of grief and condemnation.

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Crime Boss: Rockay City Hits 1M Copies Sold and Celebrates Two-Year Steam Anniversary with a Massive 2.0 Update

When Crime Boss: Rockay City launched in 2023, first on PC via the Epic Games Store and later on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles, it seemed like the latest celebrity-backed dud. It was critically panned on launch, and despite its Hollywood star power getting a lot of eyes on it, lacking gameplay and several severe technical issues earned it low scores across the board. But that was three years ago. Now, it's reached over 1 million copies sold and is

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ASML CEO Warns Europe is ‘Quite Behind’ in AI Race as US Buys 80% of Advanced Chips

ASML CEO, Christophe Fouquet, believes that the demand from Elon Musk's Terafab project will be similar to fabrication plants capable of manufacturing millions of wafers per month. The executive spoke to Bloomberg, and his discussion ranged from data centers in space to the current stage of the semiconductor industry in the context of major demand from the AI buildout and Europe's position in the AI race.

The Terafab project was announced by Musk earlier this year as part of his efforts to procure chips for Tesla's edge computing and


Aphelion Makers DON’T NOD is Looking for ways to “Extend its Cash Runway” as Tencent Decides Against Additional Funding

DON'T NOD , the studio behind the recently released Aphelion and the team behind the first two Life is Strange titles, is currently looking for a way to secure its future after Tencent decided against further short-term investment in the narrative-focused studio.

Following claims made by French reporter Gauthier 'Gautoz' Andres that the studio is rapidly approaching a situation where it would be " out of cash ," DON'T NOD responded to the claims in a statement sent to Game Developer .

Though the studio did not

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The U.S. Trade Sanctions Are Harming Everyone Else Except Huawei, With A Foreign Company Slapped With A Multi-Million Dollar Fine Due To Supplying Parts

Through one way or another, Huawei manages to source its goods from overseas manufacturers, despite the U.S. trade ban in place. Sadly, while the Chinese firm has successfully circumvented these sanctions, its other partners are suffering, with one of them agreeing to pay a $36 million fine due to its business alliance with the technology giant.

It has been nearly seven years since Huawei was placed on the U.S. Export Control list, but efforts are still being made to ensure that the former Chinese