Get Tom's Hardware's best news and in-depth reviews, straight to your inbox. You are now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful Most of the political ping-pong revolving around the black hole of AI concerns the sale and tariffs of accelerator cards, but there are many other stakes in play. UDM Money is reporting that one of the three landmark cases involving the alleged theft of trade secrets from TSMC has run through investigative and court proceedings, and a verdict is scheduled for April 27. The case is one of three related indictments pertaining to former TSMC engineer Chen Li-ming, who allegedly orchestrated industrial espionage for Tokyo Electron Taiwan. Li-ming worked in yield management at TSMC and switched jobs to the marketing department at the Japanese firm, where he allegedly coordinated espionage in two separate operations.…