A former employee of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. (TSMC), the world’s largest contract chipmaker, has been charged with breach of trust and theft of trade secrets, with the intention of providing them to a mainland Chinese firm, according to an Aug. 30 report by Taiwanese newspaper the Liberty Times.
The charges were filed by district prosecutors in Hsinchu, a city in northern Taiwan where the country’s largest science park is located. The case brings renewed light on China’s ambition to acquire semiconductor technology by any means necessary.
