TSMC chip maker says he has discovered potential business leaks

Taiwan semiconductor manufacturer. He said on Tuesday that she had discovered “unauthorized activities” leading to the discovery of secret leaks of potential trade.

The world’s largest semiconductor manufacturer CNBC has taken “strict” disciplinary measures against the relevant employees and that it has also launched legal measures.

The company said: “TSMC maintains a policy of zero tolerance towards any procedures that showcase the protection of commercial secrets or harm the interests of the company.”

“Such violations are dealt with accurately and follow -up to the maximum extent of the law. We are still committed to protecting our basic competitiveness and common interests for all our employees.”

Semi -conductors have grown in strategic importance in recent years because they have become the main pillar of the boom in artificial intelligence models and applications. The high geopolitical tensions shed light on the competitive technological advantages of major companies in the chips supply chain such as TSMC and other leaders in all fields.

TSMC, based in Taiwan, dominates a market to manufacture the world’s most advanced chips and progress in the world, including technology, including apple and Nafidia As customers.

The company said that since the case is now subject to judicial review, TSMC is unable to provide more information.

TSMC has identified the problem early due to “comprehensive and powerful monitoring mechanisms”, adding that it had conducted quick internal investigations.

Nikki thingQuoted from multiple sources familiar with this issue, it was reported on Tuesday that many of the former TSMC employees are suspected of trying to obtain critical royal information about the development and production of nanometer chips while they were still working in the company.

Nanometer production is among the leading edge manufacturing operations currently in the semiconductor industry. TSMC said it has no additional information that can be shared when requested by CNBC about the Nikkei report.

As the world’s leading world chips, TSMC has a treasure of intellectual property. With its own account, the company had previously He said It has more than 200,000 commercial secrets registered in its internal system.

This is not the first time that TSMC is the target of potential theft. In 2018, a Taiwanese court directed a former employee to copy trade secretions related to the manufacture of 28 nm, with the intention of transferring it to the semiconductor company in China on the mainland.

In 2023, AsmlWhich makes the machines required to manufacture the most advanced chips, she said she discovered that a former employee in China had Data of its imbalance Concerning ownership technology.