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> an open source Chinese industry standard, essentially subsidized by the Chinese government

Hey I do have an example: Richard Stallman's only computer is a Lemote Yeeloong netbook (using the same company's Loongson processor https://stallman.org/stallman-computing.html

Not exactly a well-organized open source community but it's there https://github.com/loongson-community/

A modern one is https://www.openatom.org/ not many popular projects though but it's state-funded.

> Beidou, which nobody uses.

except iPhone 11/12/13/14/15 (with the XMM 7660 chip) and every Android phone using Qualcomm iZat chip (shipped with almost every Snapdragon processor since 2013)

And it's not "open-source" per se, Beidou is just some kind of satellite signal that happens to be compatible with GNSS protocol, so chip makers and make few tweaks to provide location service.

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iPhone since 12 has not used the Intel modem, and while newer iPhones supports Beidou, it’s not clear which chip supports it and whether it is used outside of China, or even iPhones sold outside of China has support for Beidou. Even if it does, its civilian frequency only has a 10 meter accuracy outside of APAC, so it’s not clear to me it is used globally in the sense that GPS is.

Also, Loongson and OpenATOM lol. Are they industry standards?