This seems similar to Taiwan's ITRI (Institute for Technology Research Institute) that arranged a technology transfer from RCA, to what would become UMC and Med

This seems similar to Taiwan's ITRI (Institute for Technology Research Institute) that arranged a technology transfer from RCA, to what would become UMC and Mediatek. RCA even sold all their patents to UMC. https://meet-global.bnext.com.tw/articles/view/47727 https://meet-global.bnext.com.tw/articles/view/47727 TSMC did not emerge directly from the RCA exchange, but got even better technology from Philips (and this is after the CEO's career at Texas Instruments).