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Asian stocks today: Markets trade mixed after bumper TSMC results; Taiwan adds over 2%, HSI falls 70 points

Asian stock markets are trading on a mixed note on Friday, as upbeat earnings from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) supported confidence in artificial intelligence-linked stocks, even while broader regional sentiment remained cautious.Taiwan was up 2.11% or 649 points to 31,459. In South Korea, Kospi was trading in green, with a gain of 30 points…

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TSMC sues former executive over claims that Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan has already denied

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has filed a lawsuit against a former executive, Lo Wen-jen. The world’s biggest contract chipmaker by market share has alleged that Wen-jen leaked trade secrets before joining rival Intel. According to a Bloomberg report, the company claimed there is a high probability that the 75-year-old executive disclosed proprietary knowledge to…

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TSMC investigates if the top exec who has joined Intel took TSMC tech; while Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan says: We …

TSMC has reportedly opened an internal investigation to find whether Lo Wen-jen has taken trade secrets with him to Intel without its consent. According to a report in Bloomberg, Taiwanese newspapers spent the week reporting on the transition of Lo Wen-jen, 75, from his retirement from TSMC earlier this year to joining Intel in recent…

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Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan rejects reports of new hire taking TSMC trade secrets: ‘We respect…’

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan has dismissed the allegations that a recently hired executive brought proprietary information from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to the American chipmaker, asserting that Intel respects intellectual property rights. The comments came a day after Taiwan’s High Prosecutors Office launched an inquiry to determine whether any laws were violated, according to…

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Most-popular iPhone analyst Ming-Chi Kuo on why Elon Musk is moving Tesla’s AI chip supply chain away from TSMC

Ming-Chi Kuo, the popular Apple analyst has validated his earlier predictions. In a post shared on social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) Kuo said that Tesla CEO Elon Musk pushed to build Tesla’s own semiconductor fabs marking a strategic shift towards full control of the company’s AI future. The comments made by Kuo…

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