[scrlk]

There's a good video from Asianometry (Lessons from Intel's First Foundry): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y9LWYmVQu0

If you're an Intel foundry customer, you don't want your design or IP leaking across to Intel's product team, who might be a competitor.

[petra]

But the IP is already "compiled", or if you want to isolate even further, separate just the mask making process. What could be learned from masks?

[B1FF_PSUVM]

> What could be learned from masks

That's like asking what could you learn from building plans ...