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AMD Employee Charged With Stealing Intel Secrets

Posted by timothy on from the great-now-make-them-all-compatible dept.

IWonderWhatICanPutInThisFieldWithoutBeingDeleted writes "A man who once worked for Intel and then jumped ship to join AMD has been accused of stealing his erstwhile employer's chip secrets. Federal detectives allege they discovered 19 CAD designs and more than 100 pages of confidential Intel documentation."

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  1. Re:... and AMD wouldn't even touch the info by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    "AMD" wouldn't touch it but it's quite possible lower level employees would look at it to gain valuable insights. Sure they wouldn't directly clone a design but just seeing how it's done can be invaluable.