![]() ![]() Gupta had no way of knowing this information but for his access to it during his employment at Intel.”Īn Intel security team began an investigation to determine the nature and scope of Gupta’s knowledge. Specifically, he “used that confidential information and trade secrets to gain an unfair advantage over Intel in the negotiations concerning product specifications and pricing. In its court filing, Intel accuses Gupta of “deploying that information in head-to-head negotiations with Intel concerning customised product design and pricing for significant volumes of Xeon processors”. Some of the files were marked ‘Intel Top Secret and ‘Intel Confidential’. ![]() According to Intel he also copied information onto a Western Digital My Passport USB drive, also with an identified serial number. On his last day at the company, Gupta is alleged to have copied about 3,900 documents onto a Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex USB drive bearing an identified serial number. At Intel he had access to Xeon processor documents about pricing structure and strategies, parameter definition and manufacturing capabilities. He left in January 2020 to join Microsoft as a Principal for Strategic Planning in Cloud and AI. According to documents filed in the US District Court in Portland, Oregon, Gupta worked at an Intel facility in Portland for almost ten years, in product marketing and strategic planning and business development. "In his new role at Microsoft, Gupta used the confidential information and trade secrets he misappropriated from Intel, deploying that information in head-to-head negotiations with Intel concerning customized product design and pricing for significant volumes of Xeon processors," Intel alleged in Friday's filing.Read more of this story at Slashdot.An Intel staffer who left the company to join Microsoft walked out the door with a USB stick holding 3,900 confidential files about the Xeon processor, his former employer alleges. The suit asserts that Microsoft determined Gupta had plugged the USB drives into his Microsoft-issued laptop. He claimed to have discarded a second USB drive that allegedly contained Intel secrets, according to the litigation. Intel's complaint claims that Gupta had denied knowing where the one of the USB drives was, but later turned it over to Microsoft for analysis. In this case, though, the litigation indicates Intel and Microsoft worked together to investigate the incident. Microsoft is preparing to open a big new engineering hub in Hillsboro, near Intel's Oregon research factories, and has hired a former Intel vice president to help lead it. Intel and Microsoft are longtime partners and, increasingly, rivals as Microsoft develops its own chip engineering capabilities. Gupta could not immediately be reached for comment. He allegedly loaded Intel trade secrets onto two USB drives before quitting and later accessed them on his Microsoft-issued laptop. From a report: The engineer, Varun Gupta, worked for Intel for a decade before leaving for Microsoft in January 2020, according to the suit. Intel sued a former Oregon employee last week, alleging he took trade secrets with him when he bolted for Microsoft and used the information to gain an advantage in subsequent business negotiations with Intel. "I went through what you people are passing through on a daily basis" Akpabio laments after being stuck on bad road for hours - Linda IkejiĢ014 Oscars: Nigeria Selects 'Mami Wata' As International Feature Film (IFF) Contender - Channels TVĪnyone supporting you, will get a Dotun in their life Dotuns ex wife sends a wave of blessing to supporters of her ex - Kemi FilaniĪtiku's Life An Open Book, Change Of Name Well Documented ' Paul Ibe - Information Nigeriaīalotelli mocks Ibrahimovic with Champions League trophy - Kemi FilaniīBNaija All Stars: 'Doyin Doesn't Think Before She Talks' ' Adekunle - Information Nigeriaīiography of Young Mazino (Actor), Including Age, Height, Real Name, And Wealth - GistloverĬharlie Brooks Age, Parents, Spouse, Kids, Biography, and Net Worth - Gistlover Click to view all Entertainment headlines today One of those times is the video" Moyo Lawal speaks up after her intimate video was laked - Linda Ikeji ![]()
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