This was in the works well before Pat came in; it happened during the Bob Swan reign: https://techcrunch.com/2020/10/19/intel-agrees-to-sell-its-nand-business-t

This was in the works well before Pat came in; it happened during the Bob Swan reign: https://techcrunch.com/2020/10/19/intel-agrees-to-sell-its-nand-business-to-sk-hynix-for-9-billion/ https://techcrunch.com/2020/10/19/intel-agrees-to-sell-its-n... It's only now just closing after getting the final approval from China. Optane is the only thing Intel is keeping from the deal. I don't think Pat would have dumped the org.