RCA also gave their crown jewels of semiconductor technology to what became MediaTek as RCA distracted itself with non-core acquisitions (transforming itself into "rugs, chickens, and automobiles," leading to their decline).
The scope of mergers & acquisitions in semiconductors is mind boggling & terrifying. It feels like there's so much less diversity, that there's a frailty of entirely Too Big To Fail players left.
https://taiwaninsight.org/2024/05/10/a-short-history-of-semi...
Edit: I'm typing this on a Kindle that uses a MediaTek CPU (I don't know if UMC fabbed it).