Taiwanese prosecutors say two ex-TSMC employees and a third suspect were arrested for allegedly stealing proprietary tech; investigators searched Tokyo Electron
Taiwanese prosecutors probe ‘potential trade secret leaks’ in first case since key technologies added to national security legislation
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Discussion
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@wmhuo168
William Huo
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While Taiwan arrests engineers for “spying” at TSMC, no one asks the real question. What secrets? TSMC has none. It's a glorified ASML client with zero domestic tech. Taiwan Arrests Six in Probe of TSMC Chip Technology Leak - Bloomberg https://share.google/...
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@ankurposts
Ankur
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A solid source told me how the TSMC “theft” happened. I'll omit some details since they may not be in public yet. TSMC found out who the employee was by monitoring his phone, and they waited for him to meet the Japanese counterpart in the Starbucks nearby 新莊 station and the
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r/apple
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TSMC says employees tried to steal trade secrets on iPhone 18 chip process
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r/hardware
r
on reddit
TSMC fires workers for breaching data rules on cutting-edge chip tech
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@sensehofstede.nl
Sense Hofstede
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The US is exploring ways to equip chips with better location-tracking capabilities, a senior official said, underscoring Washington's effort to curtail the flow of semiconductors made by the likes of Nvidia to China - Bloomberg
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@paleofuture
Matt Novak
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I'm sure this won't be abused