Information about their process is stolen from tsmc at 28 nm

Silicon chip making is a very juicy business and everyone wants to get the biggest piece of the pie. A former Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) engineer has been accused of stealing secrets from the foundry in order to provide them to one of his rivals.

Former TSMC Employee Steals Company Secret Information

According to the Hsinchu District Attorney's Office, former TSMC engineer Hsu has been accused of stealing proprietary information and other materials related to TSMC's 28nm processing technology and passing them on to Huali Microelectronics (HLMC) based at China. Hsu had accepted a job offer at Shanghai Huali Microelectronics (HLMC), but was arrested before joining his new job.

An earlier report in 2017 cited industry sources, saying HLMC had been interested in a team of nearly 50 United Microelectronics (UMC) R&D engineers to improve its 28nm process technology and take it to the mass production phase. as soon as possible.

Several reports also cited unspecified sources indicating that Chinese-based memory chip makers have been aggressively seeking talent from DRAM manufacturing companies. US company Micron Technology has taken legal action against former employees of its subsidiaries, Inotera Memories and Rexchip Electronics, who allegedly stole the company's trade secrets and technologies to help Chinese companies develop key DRAM technologies.

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Recall that TSMC is one of the largest foundries in the world and is responsible for the manufacture of AMD and Nvidia graphics chips and also manufactures processors for AMD, therefore it is one of the leaders in the technology sector although in recent years the competition has been put the batteries.

Source: digitimes