>A Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) employee has been charged with stealing secrets from the pure-play foundry.
>Surnamed Chou, the former TSMC deputy manager of technology stands accused of copying confidential documents regarding the foundry's 16nm and 10nm node processes and related facilities, and trying to take the data with him to a new job in China, according to Taiwan's Hsinchu District Prosecutors' Office.
>Chou had resigned from TSMC, ready to join Shanghai Huali Microelectronics (HLMC) when he was arrested, the office said. Chou has now been indicted for breach of trust.
>TSMC itself discovered the matter and reported it to the prosecutors, the office added.
>As the case has entered its judicial process, TSMC said it is unable to make comments or provide details.
Taiwan is China, so they need to be eradicated too?
Liam Torres
The police did, because breach of trust would still be a crime even without patents.
Zachary Brooks
It's still better than any Chinese fab has. SMIC already licensed 28nm from TSMC.
Tyler Fisher
>fascist police state uses police to help out oligarchies gee, how shocking
Nolan Roberts
Poor bait.
Joshua Sullivan
You have a fundamental misunderstanding of how the utopian ancap society you have in your mind would really work. Contracts must be upheld, especially so in that utopia.
Lincoln Richardson
>it could be the birth a relatively decent cheap chink shit >it could even be the sharkcard of the semiconductor industry >anons commemorate that it didn't happen the absolute state of this board
Jason Bennett
I could invade a micro center or something in the middle of the night and have all the tech I want for free, that would be awesome. But it would be a crime.
Nicholas Murphy
Intel has nothing to do with this for once. Its China being China. Yes. and European countries need to get their shit together. ffs >Taiwan is China, so they need to be eradicated too? Better not say that in Taiwan else you'll risk jail. The semiconductor buisiness is notorious of flaming trade secret theft. China is the most notorious country when it comes to trade secrets and theft. China doesn't like Taiwan and still claims Taiwan is china.
>unironically wanting the birth of overheating explosive chips everywhere
Joseph Sanders
>If there was no patents then companies wouldn't just share tech freely, they'd keep it all a secret.
The big problem with patents is they often block competitors from making something similar. Most companies don't want to sell their technology, they want to keep it for themselves and sue anyone who makes a competing product.
IMO all patents should come with an obligation to license the invention at a reasonable price. - but that is very hard to implement in the real world because what is reasonable?
Brandon Jenkins
>Better not say that in Taiwan else you'll risk jail. because muh free speech, government in taiwan can't jail you over this
James Cruz
fucking libertarian cuck
John Sanders
your free speech doesn't work in other countries, mutt try denying the holocaust in germoney
Aiden Edwards
If Taiwanese are better than stuff like this than the mainland, then how did they lose the war?
Probably Am*rika's government is helping them in a plot to destabilize China.
Austin Kelly
Taiwan is China PRC is China They are both China but are currently separate countries
Anthony Peterson
This. The CIA pays Chinese people to do things like pollute their environment on purpose so their talented workers will want to emigrate
Anthony Williams
>Taiwan is China >PRC is China Reasonable statements
>>>>They are both China but are currently 'separate' countries
Audible kek, Are they on a "break"? surely mainland China was taking too much room in the worldstage and Taiwan wanted to see other people than just the approved ones.
I'm sure they'll get back together, dont worry, child.
