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Intel OEM Engineers Caught Selling Sample Chips on eBay

Intel OEM Engineers Caught Selling Sample Chips on eBay Created by MG3 on Jan 05, 2012

Taiwan's Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) arrested four engineers for allegedly selling Intel processors designated as Engineer Samples (ES) on eBay for personal profit. Intel ES chips are the property of Intel and are often sent off to reviewers and OEM manufacturers prior to commercial release in order to test for compatibility. In theory, they're supposed to be returned to Intel. »read more

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