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Ex-TSMC manager indicted for allegedly stealing chip secrets for China
Taiwanese prosecutors indicted a former TSMC deputy manager for allegedly copying 21 confidential documents. The case marks the first linking a TSMC manager to a Chinese semiconductor materials analysis company. The manager faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted.
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The indictment underscores escalating cross-strait tensions over semiconductor intellectual property, but the actual damage to TSMC's trade secrets remains unclear.
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