Chipmaker’s chairman short-circuits shareholders

A researcher plants a semiconductor on an interface board during a research work to design and develop a semiconductor product at Tsinghua Unigroup research centre in Beijing, China, February 29, 2016.

A researcher plants a semiconductor on an interface board during a research work to design and develop a semiconductor product at Tsinghua Unigroup research centre in Beijing, China, February 29, 2016.

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10 Mar 2017 | By   Robert Cyran Follow @rob_cyran
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The man leading Cypress Semiconductor's board also helps run a Beijing-backed private equity firm that's buying a tech outfit Cypress eyed in the past. Cypress' recently departed founder now wants the chairman ousted. The governance and conflicts could fry the corporate wiring.

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