News Ex-Samsung employees arrested for selling memory secrets to China’s CXMT fab — prosecutors say the theft is worth $1.8 billion in damages

[Admin]

Two Ex-Samsung employees have been arrested for passing memory secrets to China’s CXMT , after their return to Korea.

Ex-Samsung employees arrested for selling memory secrets to China’s CXMT fab — prosecutors say the theft is worth $1.8 billion in damages : Read more

 

[peachpuff]

China stealing ip again? Say it ain't so China 😱

 

[parkerthon]

China stealing ip again? Say it ain't so China 😱

Love how they just blatantly paid the dudes a salary. Pretty awesome. China has literally zero business ethics but it seems to work pretty well for them.

 

[helper800]

A CXMT statement about the matter received by Reuters asserted that the company “respects intellectual property rights and has a robust mechanism to prevent the inflow of third-party information from its employees.”

Fewhh, I was concerned the IP information would usher in a new wave of CXMT memory dominance in China, thank god they bogart themselves out of it because of their strong moral compass and uphold stalwart principles on ethics.

 

[blacknemesist]

Judge, jury and executioner.

 

[ThomasKinsley]

This is a sieve that cannot be stopped. There are too many workers with too much knowledge who are willing to cash in. Of course China has to pay for it, but the payment always is cheaper than the cost to develop the technology independently.

 

[kjfatl]

Part of the solution is banning the import of stolen technology into US, Japan, Austraila, EU and Canada. Include all components made by the semiconductor fab who stole the technology. Provide stiff fines for the importer so Amazon can't feign ignorance. If China does not quickly agree to this, put an additional 16% tariff or all electronic components that are manufactured or processed in China.

The sieve cannot be stopped, but we can clog it a bit.

 

[phead128]

Well, it is a tech war, all is fair, including paying for talent.

 

[shady28]

Yep. This comes right after a bunch of media noise about CXMT making big advances in DRAM tech. Anyone using CXMT chips should be forced to pull their product from the shelves, just like Apple was. See how many want to do business with CXMT after that.

Chinese Chip maker Changxin Memory Technologies (CXMT) makes strides in DRAM Technology amidst Global challenges - Gizmochina

CXMT China's leading dynamic random access memory (DRAM) developer, unveiled a significant technological breakthrough

www.gizmochina.com

 

[prtskg]

Well, it is a tech war, all is fair, including paying for talent.

I understand paying for talent but IP theft? China is world's 2nd largest economy but when it comes to IP, the companies there still behave as petty thieves.