Apple charges Rivos startup theft

Today, Apple has become a major player in the chip world. The ARM-based chips that it developed in-house are very successful and almost unrivaled in terms of efficiency. As a matter of fact, the value of the engineers cooked under this roof is quite high.

Apple accuses Rivos initiative

The initiative, founded by senior engineers who left Apple, under the name Nuvia, made a splash and was bought by Qualcomm. However, Apple accused its former engineers of violating commercial rules.

Now there is a similar situation. The Rivos chip venture, which was founded last year but aggressively transferred engineers from Apple, could not escape the wrath of the company. Rovios, who transferred about 40 engineers, was accused of stealing trade secrets.

Apple claims that the new venture is asking them to bring trade secrets related to the Apple A15 and Apple M1 projects with them when transferring engineers. Thus, Rivos will be able to rival chip designers, especially Apple. The company wants to prevent the use of stolen secrets and to pay compensation to the party. The lawsuit with Nuvia will begin in October 2023.