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Do most big companies reverse-engineer competing products ?

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MathWizard:
At companies like Intel/AMD/Nvidia/Samsung/etc, I know there's employee's that go back and forth between some companies, and corporate espionage, and probably some market rigging.

But do any of them have dedicated teams, that buy the latest chip or whatever, and then just reverse engineer it ? And are any of them open about it, like so your job title is reverse engineer ? I saw a movie about something like that once.

madires:
I doubt any of those companies would admit reverse engineering. However, there are a few small companies specialzed in exactly this. But it's common to buy products of competitors and check their performance, also taking them apart to get more insight (quality, production costs, etc.).

m98:
They will definitely have every competitor's product reverse engineered. Not necessarily for any nefarious reasons, how else would they detect IP infringements?
Now most probably won't have those capabilities in-house, which is why there are so many specialist companies offering that service.

fourtytwo42:
I thought that was what treez/faringdon and other personalities of that individual thought WAS the design process  :-DD

langwadt:
I know car companies buy competitor cars to tear them apart to figure out how they were build, down to the number of spot welds and material thickness

I'm sure other companies also do it, not only to see how the competitors do something, but also to spot patent infringement etc.

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