The top court in Taiwan has ruled that Samsung stole trade secrets from TSMC. At the heart of the allegations and suit is Liang Mong-song, a former senior director of R&D at TSMC. In July 2011, Liang joined Samsung’s LSI division and is alleged to have revealed TSMC trade secrets to his new employer. According to Taiwan’s CommonWealth magazine, Liang was a big reason why Samsung was able to beat TSMC in the race to produce chips using the 14nm/16nm process.
The Taiwan Supreme Court saw evidence that over time, as the two chip makers progressed from using the 65nm process to the current …
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