Samsung’s Chairman Lee Jae-yong Has Reportedly Slipped Into Taiwan To Steal MediaTek As A Foundry Client From TSMC

Samsung is apparently feeling confident enough on the back of its rapidly growing coffers to try to eat some of TSMC's lunch, especially the proverbial course related to MediaTek, if one were to adhere to a cullinary-themed analogy.

As a case in point, consider the latest rumor, which posits that Samsung's Chairman is currently courting MediaTek on TSMC's home turf.

According to a Taiwanese publication, Samsung's Chairman, Lee Jae-yong with a high-level entourage. One of the main


Xiaomi Getting Serious About Custom Silicon, Projects XRING Series To Be A Part Of $28 Billion Investment For The Next 5 Years

The XRING 01 is proof that Xiaomi can make its own mark in the custom silicon game for smartphones and to ensure that it can hold its position against the likes of Qualcomm and MediaTek for future releases, the Chinese manufacturer is projected to invest a gargantuan sum of 200 billion yuan (approximately $28 billion) in R&D. Of course, not all of this amount will go towards the development of future SoCs, but a few billion is all Xiaomi needs.

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Samsung Galaxy Z Roll To Join Its Holographic And Blood Pressure-Measuring Displays In A Litany Of Upcoming Novelties

Samsung's innovative streak is very much alive and kicking, as evidenced by a litany of its upcoming novel products, which now include the Galaxy Z Roll as well as holographic and blood pressure-measuring displays.

David Kowalski (xleaks7) has now pinpointed a new that spans a rollable smartphone, tentatively dubbed the Galaxy Z Roll.

Samsung's new patent envisions a smartphone with a lateral-rolling display, replete with a punch-hole selfie camera and a triple-camera setup at the rear that is housed


NVIDIA Moves Gaming Segment Under “Edge Computing”, Posts 29% Revenue Growth From Blackwell Workstations But Gaming GPUs Slow Down Due To “Elevated” Memory Prices

NVIDIA's Gaming segment will now be reported under the "Edge Computing" segment in future earnings results as the company pivots from being a GPU manufacturer to an ecosystem provider.

NVIDIA announced its latest earnings , where it posted a record revenue of $81.6 billion for Q1 FY2027. The bulk of the revenue came from the Data Center segment, but the gaming market revenue wasn't presented in the earnings chart. The company confirms that it has now placed Gaming alongside other segments

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Bungie Pulls the Plug on Destiny 2 After a Decade as June 9 Update Marks Its Final Major Content Drop

Bungie has just that Destiny 2 is receiving its final (and free) content update on June 9, after which there will be no more expansions or additions of any other kind. The developer admitted that, following the underwhelming release of the 2024 expansion, The Final Shape , only an episode in the slow but steady decline of the online first-person shooter game, it became clear that it was time to move forward and look toward new projects, which will now begin "incubation" work.

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Galaxy Z Fold 8 Is Proof Samsung Has Lost The Foldable Smartphone Battle Against Apple Before The iPhone Fold’s Arrival

Samsung, who was once regarded the pioneer of foldable smartphones, has now been receiving labels as a company that cuts corners with its premium devices, and with consumers getting tired of these trade-offs, Chinese competitors saw the opportunity to capitalize heavily, capturing a sizable gap left behind while bringing their own innovations.

With the iPhone Fold scheduled to launch later this year, Apple’s first foldable flagship will undoubtedly be compared to the Galaxy Z Fold 8, but looking at the compromises that Samsung is making, it’


Intel Xeon 6+ “Clearwater Forest” Enters Mass Production on 18A With 288 Darkmont E-Cores, & 576 MB Cache

Intel has confirmed that its next-gen Clearwater Forest "Xeon 6+" CPUs are now in full production, targeting a launch this year.

Clearwater Forest will be the latest product utilizing the 18A process technology. While the first products, Panther Lake "Core Ultra Series 3" and Wildcat Lake "Core Series 3" , aim at the client segment, Clearwater Forest "Xeon 6+" will be positioned within the data center segments, mainly at 6G and Edge AI workloads.

In its latest oneAPI


Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Game Director Promises 6 Extra Hours of Content and Deeper Pirate Exploration

At the recent Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced hands-on event organized by Ubisoft in San Francisco, California, Wccftech had the opportunity to interview Richard Knight , the Game Director of this highly anticipated remake. Knight, whose Ubisoft Singapore credits include Assassin's Creed: Shadows, Mirage, and Skull and Bones, said the goal was to focus the remake on Edward Kenway’s story and adventure . That meant modern technical upgrades, a more seamless open world, and a handful of new gameplay additions, while


Samsung Galaxy S27 Pro Tipped To Steal The Ultra’s 200MP Sensor, As The Base S27 Finally Gets A 50MP Ultra-Wide/Telephoto Upgrade

It is a round-the-clock leaks galore for Samsung's next-gen Galaxy S27 series today, with major tidbits getting disclosed one after the other, demystifying the camera setups on two key members of the S27 family: the base Galaxy S27 and the Galaxy S27 Pro.

We reported yesterday that Samsung was working on four Galaxy S27 models , with the Pro variant constituting a new addition.

As per the details, the Galaxy S27 Pro is likely


Apple’s A20 And A20 Pro Will Have One Huge Advantage Besides The 2nm Process To Help Achieve A New Record In Battery Life

TSMC’s 2nm process will be showcased for the first time, with Apple being one of the recipients to leverage this technology in its upcoming A20 and A20 Pro . While the move from the 3nm ‘N3P’ node to the 2nm ‘N2’ will improve efficiency by a decent margin, Apple’s expertise in chip design will ensure that the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max deliver record battery life.

Even though Qualcomm and MediaTek will overtake Apple