Tue Nov 10, 12:02 PM ET

A woman walks past a logo of the TSMC, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, the world's largest custom chip maker. TSMC said Tuesday China's top chip maker will pay it 200 million US dollars cash after they settled a long-running dispute over alleged theft of trade secrets. (AFP/File/Sam Yeh)

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