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Google supercomputing tech couldn't be copied using stolen docs, US jury hears

By Amy Miller ( January 27, 2026, 22:31 GMT | Insight) -- Google’s technology related to supercomputing data centers could not be replicated using the trade secret documents a former software engineer allegedly stole to help China, an expert witness testified before a federal jury in San Francisco. Some of the information contained in the 105 documents the US government is accusing Linwei Ding of stealing when he was a Google employee would be valuable to competitors, said Steve Novak, a principal engineer at Bay2Sierra Silicon Service. But it couldn't be used to copy Google's data center technology, he said.Google’s technology related to supercomputing data centers could not be replicated using the trade secret documents a former software engineer allegedly stole to help China, a defense expert testified Tuesday in San Francisco Tuesday....

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