U.S. Regulators Quiz Samsung, Qualcomm And TSMC Over Microprocessors

US regulators will investigate units of Samsung, Qualcomm, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) over certain semiconductor devices and integrated circuits and mobile devices using those components, the US International Trade Commission (USITC) said, Susan Heavey reported for Reuters.

Photo Insert: Qualcomm is not a district court defendant, although Qualcomm products are mentioned throughout.

The USITC will probe certain semiconductors manufactured by Samsung and TSMC, and certain integrated circuits from Samsung and Qualcomm following a complaint filed last month by New York-based Daedalus Prime LLC, it said following a vote to take up the probes.

A couple of weeks after filing a flurry of complaints in both district court and before the USITC, Daedalus Prime LLC has done it again, filing three district court complaints (2:22-cv-00352, 2:22-cv-00353, 2:22-cv-00354) and two ITC complaints (337-TA-3640, 337-TA-3641).

Each names Samsung as a defendant/proposed respondent, with Qualcomm named as a proposed respondent in one of the ITC complaints and TSMC, in the other.

TSMC is also a district court defendant, while Qualcomm is not, although Qualcomm products are mentioned throughout. The litigation centers around a portfolio that Daedalus Prime acquired from Intel in early June 2022.

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