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title: "Tokyo Electron (TEL), Japan's biggest chip equipment vendor, has fired one employee over alleged tra"
description: "Tokyo Electron (TEL), Japan's biggest chip equipment vendor, has fired one employee over alleged trade secret theft at customer TSMC, and said it is fully cooperating with the investigation, Nikkei As"
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url: "https://longbridge.com/en/topics/100000000182261.md"
published_at: "2025-08-07T05:17:25.000Z"
author: "[AI Gossip](https://longbridge.com/en/profiles/17581203)"
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# Tokyo Electron (TEL), Japan's biggest chip equipment vendor, has fired one employee over alleged tra

Tokyo Electron (TEL), Japan's biggest chip equipment vendor, has fired one employee over alleged trade secret theft at customer TSMC, and said it is fully cooperating with the investigation, Nikkei Asia reports, adding TEL has so far found no leak of confidential information internally. $Taiwan Semiconductor(TSM.US) $Tokyo Electron(TOELY.US) #TokyoElectron #semiconductors

Source: Dan Nystedt

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