US chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices said on Friday it will invest around $400 million in India over the next five years and will build its largest design center in the tech hub of Bengaluru. AMD’s announcement was made by its Chief Technology Officer Mark Papermaster at an annual semiconductor conference that started Friday in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat. Other speakers at the flagship event include Foxconn Chairman Young Liu and Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra. Despite being a late entrant, the Modi government has been courting investments into India’s nascent chip sector to establish its credentials as a chipmaking hub. AMD said it will open its new design centre campus in Bengaluru by end of this year and create 3,000 new engineering roles within five years. “Our India teams will continue to play a pivotal role in delivering the high-performance and adaptive solutions that support AMD customers worldwide,” Papermaster said. The new 500,000-square-foot (55,5...
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II coming to Nintendo Switch June 8
One of the most popular Star Wars games is heading to Nintendo Switch. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lord will be available on Nintendo’s gaming console on June 8. The news was announced at Star Wars Celebration Anaheim 2022. At the event, makes of the game, Aspyr and Lucasfilm Games, also announced that the game, which is a sequel to the classic Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (KOTOR RPG) game will come with performance enhancements and resolution upgrades. In addition to that, the game will also include Restored Content DLC, which will arrive post launch.
“With the resolution updates, performance optimizations, and The Sith Lords Restored Content DLC coming post-launch, we hope gamers will see this becoming one of the ideal platforms to dive into the galaxy showcased in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords,” Michael Blair, senior director of Business Development at Aspyr said while announcing the game.
Makers of the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lord said that the game includes three different classes of Jedi, each of which comes with access to specific force powers and customisation options, which players will be able to choose as they command a party of diverse crew mates. Aspyr and Lucasfilm Games also said that in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II, players will “choose your own destiny, with each decision impacting the story.”
You can check out the trailer for Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II for Nintendo Switch here:
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake
Aspyr also said that it is working on a remake of the classic Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (also known as KOTOR). The news was first announced last year when the company said that it is collaborating with Lucasfilm Games and Sony Interactive Entertainment to bring technology advancements to the classic game by taking ‘advantage of its [SIE] newest and cutting-edge platform.” Though the launch date of the updated game isn’t known at the moment, the makers had shared a trailer of the game for Sony’s PlayStation5 gaming console last year. You can watch it here:
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