China's SMIC Shipping 7nm Chips, Reportedly Copied TSMC's Techtomshardware.com 5 pointsDiesel5554 years ago2 commentsSaveHideCopy link On HNComments−warning264yInteresting, wonder what the backstory is here. Does China have spies in TSMC that then leaked the fab designs to SMIC?−Kukumber4yTaiwan-based TSMC has sued SMIC twice (in 2002 and 2006) for copying its process technologyWhat does that even mean? they copied a patent? no, then what have they copied?Does that mean TSMC are reverse engineering/spying on their fabs to know what their process technology is? then TSMC should also be sued for spying
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Interesting, wonder what the backstory is here. Does China have spies in TSMC that then leaked the fab designs to SMIC?
What does that even mean? they copied a patent? no, then what have they copied?
Does that mean TSMC are reverse engineering/spying on their fabs to know what their process technology is? then TSMC should also be sued for spying