China will not sit idly by and just say, well, we don't have access to chips. So they will be developing very quickly. They don't have anywhere near the know how to to replicate ASMLs or Taiwan semiconductors technology. There was a story that came out in Bloomberg a couple of weeks ago about chemist Coca-Cola. She tried to steal the secrets to Coca-Cola's can lining formula. And it doesn't seem on certain levels like that's that big a deal, but I can assure you that that is a highly proprietary piece of technology.
A former Samsung executive allegedly stole plans in order to build a chip plant down the road from the existing factory. What could possibly go wrong?
(00:15) Bill Mann and Deidre Woollard discuss:
- The high value of getting a leg up on the competition in the semiconductor industry.
- If companies can do anything to keep secrets from leaking out.
- Why Alphabet’s adtech is attracting regulators’ attention.
(13:53) Ricky Mulvey and Kirsten Guerra take a look at Vertex Pharmaceuticals and its role at the center of cystic fibrosis treatment.
Companies discussed: GOOG, GOOGL,KO, VRTX, SSNLFHost: Deidre Woollard
Guests: Bill Mann, Ricky Mulvey, Kirsten Guerra Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineer: Tim Sparks
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