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Guru3D.com » News » TSMC Files Complaints Against GlobalFoundries for Infringement of 25 Patents

TSMC Files Complaints Against GlobalFoundries for Infringement of 25 Patents

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 10/01/2019 08:47 AM | source: | 22 comment(s)
TSMC Files Complaints Against GlobalFoundries for  Infringement of 25 Patents

TSMC filed multiple lawsuits on September 30, 2019 against GlobalFoundries in the United States, Germany and Singapore for its ongoing infringement of 25 TSMC patents by at least its 40nm, 28nm, 22nm, 14nm, and 12nm node processes. 

In the complaints, TSMC demands injunctions to stop GlobalFoundries’ manufacture and sale of infringing semiconductor products. TSMC also seeks substantial monetary damages from GlobalFoundries for its sale of infringing semiconductor products and unlawful use of TSMC’s patented semiconductor technologies.

The 25 TSMC patents in the complaints relate to a diverse set of technologies, including FinFET designs, shallow trench isolation techniques, double patterning methods, advanced seal rings and gate structures, and innovative contact etch stop layer designs. These specific technologies cover the core features of mature and advanced semiconductor manufacturing processes. The patents at issue comprise just a small portion of TSMC’s extensive portfolio that numbers more than 37,000 granted patents worldwide. TSMC was ranked one of the top 10 companies for U.S. patent grants last year, for the third consecutive year.

TSMC pioneered the dedicated semiconductor foundry model, enabling an entire fabless IC design industry worth hundreds of billions of dollars in the United States. Furthermore, TSMC plays a critical role in facilitating the global semiconductor supply chain. For example, TSMC collaborates with dozens of U.S.-based equipment suppliers, intellectual property (IP) core providers and electronic design automation (EDA) vendors. TSMC procured about US$20 billion in equipment and services from U.S. suppliers over the past 5 years. TSMC also spurs the next generation of semiconductor technology by working closely with U.S.-based customers, suppliers and prestigious universities. TSMC subsidiaries operate a manufacturing site in Washington State along with offices in California and Texas with over a thousand employees.

“TSMC’s patents reflect decades and tens of billions of dollars of investments in innovation, resulting in TSMC’s significant contribution to advancements in semiconductor manufacturing technology,” said Sylvia Fang, Vice President and General Counsel for TSMC. “TSMC’s lawsuits seek to protect our reputation, our significant investments, our nearly 500 customers, and consumers worldwide to ensure everyone benefits from the most advanced semiconductor technologies that enable a wide range of applications such as mobile, 5G, AI, IoT and high performance computing, which are critically important to the public interest.”







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kakiharaFRS
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#5716275 Posted on: 10/01/2019 11:22 PM
a few reads for you guys, I can't find the story I first read about stolen tech, I think it was the samsung case ? but the story was that an ex-employee quickly found a job "teaching" engineers which happened to all work for the competitor ,what a coincidence !

2017 05 05 https://hothardware.com/news/former-tsmc-engineer-charged-stealing-28nm-tech-trade-secrets
2015 08 26 https://9to5mac.com/2015/08/26/tsmc-samsung-chips-apple/

airbud7
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#5716279 Posted on: 10/01/2019 11:53 PM
I'm going to patent a special bolt that only my patented wrench will fit.

Neo Cyrus
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#5716280 Posted on: 10/02/2019 12:02 AM
Uh..... Taiwan!=People's Republic of China.

I'm well aware. But anyone who thinks they don't do the same practices, minus sharing all their stolen data with the PRC, is delusional. I called it Chinese to encompass all of them... including HK, even though TW is considered a separate entity by everyone not called the PRC.

Kool64
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#5716283 Posted on: 10/02/2019 12:09 AM
I'm going to patent a special bolt that only my patented wrench will fit.


the McDonald’s toys all have some neat triangle shaped screws so you could make a dodecahedron bolt or something like that!

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#5716285 Posted on: 10/02/2019 12:10 AM
I'm well aware. But anyone who thinks they don't do the same practices, minus sharing all their stolen data with the PRC, is delusional. I called it Chinese to encompass all of them... including HK, even though TW is considered a separate entity by everyone not called the PRC.

Even still, how exactly do you think TSMC spies on people? All they do is make wafers of transistors.

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