UPDATE 1-Intel investing in China mobile chipmakers
September 25, 2014 at 14:27 PM EDT
BEIJING/SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Intel Corp is close to announcing an investment in Chinese-government affiliated mobile chipmakers Spreadtrum Communications and RDA Microelectronics, its latest move to catch up in a smartphone chip industry led by Qualcomm Inc , according to two sources with knowledge of the plan.