By: Peter Clarke

Nineteen semiconductor engineers and managers indicted for stealing process technology and market planning details from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and passing them to Hynix Semiconductor Inc. have all pleaded not guilty in court in Seoul, according to a Yonhap report.

The 19, which consists of 10 employees from chipmaking equipment supplier Applied Materials Inc., four from Samsung and five from Hynix, have claimed the Samsung information was never offered to other chipmakers, the report said.

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