On Wed, 12 Mar 2003 vance(a)neurotica.com wrote:
An extremely new wafer can be valuable just by the
ability to reverse
newfangled engineering.
That's why most fabs make it a condition of employment (if not of staying
out of jail) that you not remove any from the premises without permission.
With the proper equipment and motivation, third-parties could reverse
engineer significant IP from even a partially fabbed wafer.
Steve