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Chinese chipmakers' talent push puts trade secrets in focus
Chinese chipmakers offer overseas engineers high salaries, stock options and housing support, Counterpoint Research analyst Jeongku Choi says.
TLDR
A former Samsung employee who joined Chinese chipmaker CXMT was reportedly sentenced to five years in prison on appeal for leaking Samsung technology, down from seven years at his first trial. As chipmakers compete for engineers, lawyers in Asia say it can be difficult to distinguish a worker's expertise from a company's trade secrets.
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