TAIPEI -- Tokyo Electron, Japan's largest semiconductor equipment maker, on Thursday said it has fired an employee suspected of involvement in the theft of trade secrets from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and that the company is fully cooperating with the ongoing investigation.
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Tokyo Electron fires employee over alleged TSMC trade secret theft
Chip tool maker says internal probe shows no leak of confidential information so far
Tokyo Electron is TSMC biggest Japanese supplier. (Source photos by Akira Kodaka and Karina Nooka)
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