Before move to AMD, Intel engineer stole documents

[Final8y]

A former Intel engineer pleads guilty to stealing documents just before he left Intel and took a job at rival AMD.

A former Intel engineer has pleaded guilty to stealing hundreds of millions of dollars worth of data from the chip giant before leaving the company, according to a Bloomberg report.

The worker, Biswamohan Pani, 36, of Chelmsford, Mass., stole the sensitive chip-related information "to advance his career with a competitor," according to Bloomberg. He worked at an Intel chip-manufacturing plant in Hudson, Mass.

Pani gave notice to Intel on May 29, 2008, with his last day set for June 11 and began work at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) on June 2, "while retaining access to Intel's data system," according to prosecutors.

Pani downloaded Intel data related to chip manufacturing and design, the Justice Department said. The value of the documentation found in his home was between $200 million and $400 million.

The FBI was able to recover the documents before any damage was done to Intel, according to the report. AMD also cooperated in the investigation and there is no evidence of AMD wrongdoing.

Pani could face up to 20 years in prison on each fraud count. Sentencing is scheduled for August 8.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-57411033-64/before-move-to-amd-intel-engineer-stole-documents/

 

[mattuk]

Haha what dumb bitch..

 

[d_brennen]

Wonder if the documents said something along the lines of "make a wide, hot, slow, many cored server chip that isn't very good at desktop workloads and dress it up with a once revered name from a past product"

Haha what dumb bitch..

Oh the ironing

 

[wannabedamned]

^ lol

I was kind of hoping the news was post bulldozer lol. Yes the tech was stolen, but I'd happily see AMD with stolen specs if it meant they could come back to the table with a beast

 

[Troezar]

How can someone in the industry be so stupid?! As is Intel wouldn't notice all that stuff being downloaded and then stored on PC at home, amazing. He deserves 20 years for being stupid and careless.

 

[latepmas]

How can someone in the industry be so stupid?! As is Intel wouldn't notice all that stuff being downloaded and then stored on PC at home, amazing. He deserves 20 years for being stupid and careless.

Isn't that up to 20 years per offence, concurrent or consecutive?

 

[Martini1991]

Bulldozer was Intel's fault

 

[mmj_uk]

Hopefully Intel made modifications to the Bulldozer design plans before having to hand them back to AMD, or maybe AMD leaked them on purpose so Intel would improve it.