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by rasz 2553 days ago
Intel did (probably forced by recent at the time $1B Qualcomm penalty in China) the very same thing with Atom IP, twice!

https://www.anandtech.com/show/8061/this-is-huge-intel-enter...

http://linuxgizmos.com/intel-invests-1-5-billion-in-chinese-...

Not only Intel gave away its CPU IP, it also "invested" $1.5B in Tsinghua Unigroup. Whats more last year they shared 5G modem IP with Unisoc, part of Tsinghua Unigroup holding.