Former SK hynix chip engineer gets 1.5 years in prison for alleged IP theft
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Former SK hynix chip engineer gets 1.5 years in prison for alleged IP theft

Technology tamfitronics A Chinese national was sentenced to 18 months in prison and fined ₩20 million ($14,400) for allegedly stealing semiconductor manufacturing technology from SK hynix, according to a South Korean court ruling.The 36-year-old worked for the chipmaker from 2013 before being hired by Huawei in 2022, where her role initially included analyzing semiconductor defects before she moved into B2B customer relations.According to court testimony, an investigation found that the employee printed out around 4,000 pages of SK hynix data regarding its semiconductor process. SK hynix held a ban on data storage devices for such purposes and keeps logs of printer use, it emerged. The former employee argued it was for personal study and to facilitate a work handover, but the Suwon District Court did not accept the claim and this week...
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SK hynix Develops PCB01 for Artificial Intelligence PCs, Business News
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SK hynix Develops PCB01 for Artificial Intelligence PCs, Business News

Business new tamfitronics Development of PCB01, 5th generation of 8-channel PCIe, to be followed by mass production within this year PCB01, industry's best SSD for PCs, optimized for on-device AI Advancement in NAND solution to extend success story of HBM, solidify leadership in AI memory space SK hynix develops PCB01 *On-device AI: a technology that implements AI functions on the device itself, instead of going through computation by a physically separated server. A smartphone's direct collection and computation of information allows fast reactions of the AI performance, while promising an...
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