On the 2nd of February, a case was heard in a federal court in Los Angeles City, and the judge dismissed the defendants Lawyer's request for bail.
Yi-Chi Shih, 62, a former associate professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering at UCLA, was arrested by the federal department on January 19, 2018. He and the 63-year-old Kiet Ahn Mai, a man of man accused of exporting controlled and sensitive technologies and chips to China, including technologies related to high-speed computer chip monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) design services, as well as to military Electronic warfare, electronic warfare countermeasures, and radar MMICs. Users include the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
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The Al-Qaeda network quoted a lawsuit alleging that Shi-Chih Shi and Mei-Ge-An allegedly joined forces in the absence of authorization to enter the control computer of a U.S. company that produces MMICs and pretend to be a domestic MMIC.
The chips involved in the case were illegally shipped to CGTC, a MMIC maker in Chengdu, who served as president of the company, and the U.S. Department of Commerce included the Chinese company in 2014 List because it is "engaged in activities that are in conflict with the interests of U.S. national security and foreign policy." Since Chengdu Jisco Technologies is on the physical list, providing MMIC chips to it must be licensed by the U.S. government.
Shi Yi Chi was charged with violating the International Emergency Economic Powers (IEEPA), illegal export, fraud, money laundering and other nine charges, up to 25 years in prison.
US Attorney Nicola T. Hanna said the case involves the planning for acquiring proprietary technology, some of which was allegedly shipped to China, which could give Chinese companies significant advantages that could undermine US business interests, Hanna said. Very sensitive information may also allow foreign rivals to develop in military applications and to undermine U.S. national security.
After two closed-door pre-trial proceedings, the magistrate ruled on January 24 that Shi Yi Chi was entitled to $ 1 million in bail, but the federal prosecutor's office immediately called for a motion to oppose the bail.
Prosecutors pointed out that Shi Yi Chi has a US passport, as well as a 'Taiwan' passport. In addition, Shi Yi Chi in 2013 to 2016 in a Chinese company and can receive a pension in the past in 2017, he has eight More than a month's time in the United States, he also holds 16 different banks in China's credit card.
Stone's defense attorney John Hanusz said the chips were not confirmed for military use, and Stone knew he was being monitored by the federal department since 2015, but he did not flee the United States during that time. His wife and two daughters are permanent citizens who have lived permanently in the United States.
Hanusz lawyers believe that Shi Yi Chi arrested not only turned over the United States passport, but also the 'Taiwan' passport also be turned over by mail, fully in line with the attitude of the federal department action, hope the judge to maintain the bail and release immediately.United States Federal District Judge S Judge S James Otero dismissed the bail permit and kept him in jail after hearing the narratives of both parties.
Federal District Attorney General Thom Mrozek, a spokesman for California's Central Region, said the Prosecutor had added Shi Yi-chih's younger brother Ishiang Shih to the list of defendants on February 1. Shi Yixiang was a resident of Canada. AFP reported that Prof. Shi Yi Xiang At McGill University in Canada, he obtained an integrated circuit for U.S. military radars, jamming transmitters and scramblers, and Shi Yi-hsiang told the media earlier that he bought the integrated circuits for research purposes and Said 'is already writing an application for research grants'.
She graduated from Chenggong University in Taiwan and obtained a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from McGill University.He has taught for many years in the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering at McGill University and has published numerous research patents including nanotechnology, Solid electronic materials and devices.He repeatedly went to China to give lectures.He presided over the McGill University nanoelectronic devices laboratory and domestic counterparts also have exchanges and cooperation.
Investigators found in the bank transfer records that Shi Yi-cheng had transferred $ 800,000 to Shi Yi-chih et al through his company's bank account, and his own TD bank account had received money transferred from other suspects in the case.
He also received a sample of the MMIC chip from one of his brother's partners and asked each other to send it to McGill's lab, explaining to reporters that he was applying for research funding and that chip samples from the United States were pure Research purposes.
Later, he wrote a detailed account of his brother for the military use of such chips and the law prohibiting exports.
FBI from Shi Yi Chi's email found that the brothers went to Chengdu together in 2012. At that time, Chengdu Jiashi's own chip factory is in the preparatory phase.From the e-mail content, the process Shi Yi Xiang more involved.
Shi Yi Chi and Meijian will be on February 8 to answer the question whether they plead guilty to charges.
Chengdu Jia Shi Technology Co., Ltd.
The online information shows that Chengdu Jiashi Technology Co., Ltd. was established on December 2, 2010 with the business scope including communications equipment, electronic equipment and products, electronic chip design, production, sales and technical advisory services.
Chengdu Jia Shi Technology Co., Ltd. in 2011 that started with gallium arsenide, gallium nitride represented by the second-generation / third-generation semiconductor integrated circuit research and development projects and invested 1.95 trillion yuan in Shuangliu Southwest Airport Economic Development Zone Internet of Things In the industrial zone, it will build the high-end manufacturing core manufacturing project of the Internet of Things. In 2013, the 6-inch second-generation / third-generation high-end semiconductor integrated circuit chip production line will be put into production to achieve 4500 pieces / year of gallium arsenide / Film / microwave circuits, microwave components, microwave test module, microwave components, extension power of about 30,000 (only) / year of production capacity.
It is said that Electronics 29 is its major shareholder.
What is MMIC?
MMIC is an abbreviation of monolithic microwave chip, also called radio frequency chip (RFIC). It is based on semi-insulating semiconductor substrate with a series of semiconductor process (the level of ion implantation control and transistor self-aligning process) to create a passive and Active high-frequency amplifier devices, and connected to form the functional circuit used in the microwave and millimeter wave band.
At present, the working frequency of MMIC can already achieve 40GHz, the bandwidth has already reached 15GHz too, so it can be widely used in the radio frequency, intermediate frequency and local oscillator circuit of communication, GPS and other equipments.
Depending on the materials used and the internal circuit structure, MMICs can be divided into two broad categories: one based on MMICs based on Silicon Silicon Transistors and the other based on MMICs based on GaAs FETs.
Microwave monolithic integrated circuits have become an important pillar of the current development of various high-tech weapons. They have been widely used in various advanced tactical missiles, electronic warfare and communications systems, and various advanced phased array radars (especially aircraft Carrier and spaceborne radars) have created a huge market for rapid growth in commercial commercial mobile phones, wireless communications, personal satellite communications networks, global positioning systems, direct broadcast satellite receivers and millimeter-wave automatic collision avoidance systems. Precise guidance and other smart weapons and military communications are widely used, its superiority in the Gulf war can be reflected.MMIC can be used for tactical missiles, electronic warfare, communications systems and phased array radar
The United States Department of Defense implemented "MIMIC", one of the military microelectronics master plans from 1986 to 1994, under the direction of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and adopted a policy of massive federal support , Mobilize the strength of the major companies in the country's universities and industrial sectors, the division of labor and cooperation, carry out extensive and in-depth research on the field of MMIC.
The federal government invested a total of 530 million yuan, coupled with the U.S. industrial sector investment, the actual has more than 1 billion US dollars.In this program inspired, MMIC chip manufacturing and application of technology developed rapidly.
The increasingly fierce competition in science and technology between China and the United States
In recent years, China's rapid development in the field of semiconductors, the achievements of huge, the United States have deep concerns.US National Science Foundation and the National Science Council recently released "Scientific and Engineering Indicators" report mentioned that China is to science and technology super The big powers have become the second largest R & D spending country in the world and will soon overtake the United States as the largest spending country for R & D spending.
Under the general background that China has devoted itself to laying out its semiconductor technology and complete industrial chain and gradually reversing the high-tech fields in China and the United States, the United States has used such measures as the embargo and the prohibition of relevant science and technology enterprises and anti-espionage measures.
Shortly before the case, on December 6 last year, a complaint filed by the District Court for the Northern District of California in the United States pointed out that four former Applied Materials engineers were charged with the theft of confidential technology to Chinese companies.
Since last year, the United States has also stopped several Chinese-backed semiconductor acquisitions, such as Canyon Bridge Capital Partners' takeover of Lattice, which was rejected by an executive order issued by U.S. President Trump, which Bloomberg reported was the country's 27- Fourth ordered by the president to stop foreign companies from acquiring U.S. companies based on national security risks.