Someone posted a piece of leaked information: CXMT’s Samsung DRAM process, reportedly originating from a former Samsung employee, involving about 600 steps. A Korean court’s investigation has confirmed this line of inquiry, and the individuals involved have been sentenced to prison.

From this, the leak further suggests: if CXMT were to sell DRAM to the global market, it could turn into a serious dispute.

Memory chips are heavy in capital investment and heavy in patents; technological controversies have never been in short supply. What determines success or failure is not who copied whom, but whether mass production can be stabilized and whether yields can hold up. Allegations are allegations—the market looks at the product.