Why Intel Hired the Former CEO of Micron's Big Rival SK Hynix

Intel has just made a big-name hire, bringing in former SK Hynix CEO Seok-Hee Lee. While that might generate some speculation about a move to rival Micron Technology in memory chips, investors should probably focus on Intel's chip-packaging plans.Intel said late Thursday that it had appointed Lee as executive vice president of Intel Foundry, its chip-manufacturing business, reporting directly to CEO Lip-Bu Tan.Lee previously led South Korean memory-chip maker SK Hynix. At one point Intel was a world leader in memory chips -- now arguably the hottest sector in the artificial-intelligence trade -- but gradually exited the business, and in fact agreed to sell the remainder of its flash-memory business to SK Hynix in 2020."Seok-Hee's insights will help Intel further strengthen our system integration capabilities," said Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan in a statement Thursday. "He is the right leader to build and scale this critical part of the Intel Foundry business as we prepare to ramp advanced pack
Why Intel Hired the Former CEO of Micron's Big Rival SK Hynix

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