Semiconductor

Taiwan Court Sentences Ex-Tokyo Electron Staff to 10 Years in TSMC Trade Secrets Case

A Taiwan court has sentenced two former Tokyo Electron employees to 10 years in prison for stealing core process technology secrets from TSMC, underscoring the importance of IP protection in the global semiconductor industry.

OpenAI Partners with Qualcomm and MediaTek to Build Custom Smartphone Chip, Targeting 300-400M Annual Shipments

OpenAI is developing a custom smartphone processor with Qualcomm and MediaTek, targeting 300-400 million annual shipments to directly challenge Apple’s dominance in smartphone chips.