Once the biggest rival of Samsung and Apple HuaweiNumerous embargoes had been imposed during the US-China trade wars. In this context, the Chinese manufacturer began to be unable to purchase chips from TSMC. Huawei, ‘It is forbidden to buy chips, not those who produce them’ He rolled up his sleeves and started recruiting TSMC engineers with high salaries.

The reason for this move by Huawei is obviously the company’s desire to recruit experts who have worked on a technology similar to the chips it produces. Huawei only up to 7nm It was allowed to use chipsets that were 3nm architectures He was much further behind. Although Huawei can produce 5G chips with local resources, it also needs personnel who know how modern chips are produced.

They send offers to engineers every three months

According to the news On behalf of Huawei Employment agencies approach TSMC engineers approximately every three months with a new offer. The emails sent to the engineers state that the engineers are well suited for the position Huawei is looking for and that they have qualities that match the company’s needs.

It is claimed that Huawei’s offers can sometimes triple existing engineers’ salaries. Yet engineers are reluctant to leave TSMC. There are basically two reasons for this situation. First, TSMC This helps to equalize salary offers. Secondly, employees are afraid of having problems in the future because they change jobs in this way.

Huawei has used other manufacturers before By purchasing TSMC chips He was accused of violating the embargo.