{{Short description|Dutch semiconductor manufacturer}} {{Redirect|NXP|the airfield|Twentynine Palms Strategic Expeditionary Landing Field}} {{Infobox company | name = NXP Semiconductors N.V. | logo = NXP Semiconductors logo 2023.svg | image = NXPHQ.JPG | image_caption = Headquarters in Eindhoven, Netherlands | type = Public | traded_as = {{ubl|{{NASDAQ|NXPI}}|Nasdaq-100 component|S&P 500 component}} | foundation = {{start date and age|2006}}, as a spin-off of Philips | location = High Tech Campus, Eindhoven, Netherlands | key_people = {{unbulletedlist|Julie Southern (chair)|Rafael Sotomayor (president and CEO)}} | products = Integrated circuits | industry = Semiconductors | num_employees = 32,169 (2025) | revenue = {{nowrap|{{decrease}} {{US$|12.3 billion|link=yes}} (2025)}} | operating_income = {{nowrap|{{decrease}} US$3.05 billion (2025)}} | net_income = {{nowrap|{{decrease}} US$2.02 billion (2025)}} | assets = {{nowrap|{{increase}} US$26.6 billion (2025)}} | equity = {{nowrap|{{increase}} US$10.1 billion (2025)}} | website = {{URL|https://www.nxp.com/|nxp.com}} | footnotes = <ref name="10K">{{cite web | url=https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001413447/000141344726000008/nxpi-20251231.htm | title=NXP Semiconductors N.V. 2025 Form 10-K Annual Report | publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |date=19 February 2026}}</ref> }}
'''NXP Semiconductors N.V.''' is a Dutch semiconductor manufacturing and design company with headquarters in Eindhoven, Netherlands.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NXP Worldwide Locations |url=https://www.nxp.com/company/about-nxp/worldwide-locations:GLOBAL_SITES |publisher=NXP Semiconductors |access-date=29 March 2023 |language=en}}</ref> It is the third largest European semiconductor company by market capitalization as of 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top European semiconductor companies by market cap 2025 |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/1375401/leading-europe-semiconductor-companies-by-market-cap/ |access-date=24 March 2026 |website=Statista |language=en}}</ref> The company employs approximately 34,000 people in more than 30 countries and it reported revenues of $12.61 billion in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NXP Semiconductors Reports Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2024 Results |url=https://media.nxp.com/news-releases/news-release-details/nxp-semiconductors-reports-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-2024 |publisher=NXP Semiconductors}}</ref> The company's name is an abbreviation of Next eXPerience. NXP customers include Apple, Dell, Ericsson and Samsung.<ref>{{cite web |title=Analysts Bullish on NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NXPI) with 24% Upside |author-first1=Maleha |author-last1=Afzal |work=Yahoo Finance |date=24 September 2024 |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/analysts-bullish-nxp-semiconductors-n-041158201.html}}</ref>
The company's origins date back to the 1950s as part of the electronics company Philips, which had been an early participant in the European semiconductor market. In 1987, Philips had become the largest semiconductor manufacturer in Europe, and one of the world's largest semiconductor companies by the end of the 20th century. During 2006, Phillips Semiconductors was spun-off from Philips via an arrangement with a consortium of private equity investors. Adopting the name ''NXP'', the firm completed a initial public offering in 2010, its shares being traded on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol "NXPI". Amongst its various activities, NXP co-invented near field communication (NFC) technology.
On 23 December 2013, NXP Semiconductors was added to the Nasdaq-100 index.<ref>{{Cite press release |url=https://www.ciol.com/nxp-semiconductors-nv-joins-nasdaq-100-index/ |title=NXP Semiconductors N.V. Joins the NASDAQ-100 Index |website=ciol.com |date=17 December 2013}}</ref> In March 2015, a merger agreement was announced between NXP and Freescale Semiconductor. One year later, NXP initiated the divestment of its Nexperia subsidiary. During 2019, NXP acquired the wireless connectivity assets of Marvell Technology. In 2021, NXP was added to the S&P 500 stock index.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nxp.com/company/about-nxp/nxp-semiconductors-to-join-sp-500-index:NW-NXP-JOIN-SP-INDEX-500 |title=NXP Semiconductors to Join S&P 500 Index |publisher=NXP Semiconductors}}</ref>
==History== thumb|Arm7 microcontroller for embedded applications [[File:NXP ARM ICs in SMD packages.jpg|thumb|right|NXP LPC1114 in 33-pin HVQFN package and LPC1343 in 48-pin LQFP package, both ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers]] ===Within Philips=== In 1953, the Dutch technology company Philips started a small scale production facility in the center of the city of Nijmegen as part of its main industry group "Icoma" (Industrial Components and Materials). By the early 1950s, it had acquired a strong position in the European semiconductor market.<ref name = "cambridge philtrans">{{cite web |url = https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/business-history-review/article/abs/intraorganizational-alignment-and-innovation-processes-philips-and-transistor-technology/783FE051FA60B3E953B63B2B512F2C14 |title = Intraorganizational Alignment and Innovation Processes: Philips and Transistor Technology |publisher = Cambridge University Press |date = 13 December 2011 |first1 = Mila |last1 = Davids |first2 = Geert |last2 = Verbong}}</ref> However, by the end of the decade, this lead had been effectively lost to other companies across increasingly competitive transistor market, compelling Phillip's management team to adopt a new strategy. Changes in its R&D and manufacturing capabilities soon enabled the company to deliver point-contact and layer transistors to the market as well as to develop its own high-frequency transistor.<ref name = "cambridge philtrans"/>
By the early 1960s, Philips' capacity to innovate in the field of applications as well as adapt transistor requirements to suit customer needs had been hampered by its organizational structure.<ref name = "cambridge philtrans"/> In 1965, Icoma became part of a new Philips main industry group "Elcoma" (Electronic Components and Materials).<ref name=nijmen>{{cite web |publisher = NEM Nijmegen |url = http://www.nem-nijmegen.nl/pr/historie/ |title = History of Philips semiconductors in Nijmegen}}</ref> In 1975, Silicon Valley–based Signetics was acquired by Philips.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.nytimes.com/1975/03/07/archives/us-philips-trust-seeks-signetics-us-philips-trust-seeks-signetics.html |title = U.S. Philips Trust Seeks Signetics |publisher = The New York Times |date = 7 March 1975 }}</ref> Signetics claimed to be the "first company in the world established expressly to make and sell integrated circuits"<ref>{{cite web |publisher = Computer History Museum |url = http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/text/FindingAids/102708137.Liddie.pdf |title = Guide to the Don Liddie papers on Signetics |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511104523/http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/text/FindingAids/102708137.Liddie.pdf |archive-date=11 May 2013 |access-date = 2 February 2013}}</ref> and inventor of the 555 timer IC. At the time, it was claimed that through the Signetics acquisition, Philips had become the second largest semiconductor manufacturer in the world.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/david-manners-semiconductor-blog/2009/04/philips-is-world-no2-in-semico.html |title = Philips Is World No.2 In Semiconductors |publisher = ElectronicsWeekly.com |date = 28 April 2009 |access-date = 27 May 2011}}</ref>
In 1987, Philips became Europe's largest semiconductor manufacturer.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/11/business/international-report-chip-battle-grows-in-europe.html |title=Chip Battle Grows in Europe |newspaper=The New York Times |date=11 May 1987 |access-date=27 May 2011 |url-access=limited}}</ref> One year later, all of Philips semiconductor subsidiaries, including Signetics, Faselec (in Switzerland) and Mullard (in the UK), were merged in the newly formed product division Components. In 1991, the semiconductor activities were split off from Components under the name Philips Semiconductors.<ref name="nijmen" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Nexperia spins out ITEC equipment arm |publisher = Bits&Chips |date=6 July 2021 |url=https://bits-chips.nl/artikel/nexperia-spins-out-itec-equipment-arm/ |access-date=10 December 2023 |language=en |archive-date=10 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210232430/https://bits-chips.nl/artikel/nexperia-spins-out-itec-equipment-arm/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1992, Philips and Motorola established the Semiconductor Miniature Products factory in Seremban, Malaysia, as a joint venture.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Philips |url=https://www.mida.gov.my/success-stories/philips/ |access-date=10 December 2023 |publisher= Malaysian Investment Development Authority |language=en |archive-date=10 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210232428/https://www.mida.gov.my/success-stories/philips/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
In June 1999, Philips acquired VLSI Technology in exchange for $1 billion; this transaction resulted in Philips becoming the world's sixth largest semiconductor company.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/04/business/company-news-philips-in-1-billion-deal-for-vlsi-technology.html |title=Philips in $1 Billion Deal for VLSI Technology |newspaper=The New York Times |date=4 May 1999 |access-date=27 May 2011 |url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.theregister.com/1999/02/26/philips_stalks_vlsi_with_takeover/ |title = Philips stalks VLSI with takeover proposal |publisher = The Register |first = Drew |last = Cullen |date = 26 February 1999}}</ref>
===Independent company===
==== 2000s ==== thumb|NXP was spun-off by Philips In December 2005, Philips announced its intention to spin-off Philips Semiconductors into an independent legal entity.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.electronics-eetimes.com/en/philips-targets-end-06-for-chips-unit-ipo-or-merger?cmp_id=7&news_id=189600014 |title = Philips targets end '06 for chips unit IPO or merger |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314021928/http://www.electronics-eetimes.com/en/philips-targets-end-06-for-chips-unit-ipo-or-merger?cmp_id=7&news_id=189600014 |archive-date=14 March 2012 |publisher = EE Times |date = 21 June 2006 |access-date = 27 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Lohr |first=Steve |date=1 September 2006 |title=New Name and Strategy for Chip Division at Philips |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/01/technology/01chip.html |access-date=10 December 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=2023-12-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210232428/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/01/technology/01chip.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In September 2006, Philips completed the sale of an 80.1 percent stake in Philips Semiconductors to a consortium of private equity investors consisting of KKR, Bain Capital, Silver Lake Partners, Apax Partners and AlpInvest Partners.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-06/kkr-bain-sell-nxp-semiconductors-in-initial-offer-at-46-discount-to-lbo.html |title=KKR, Bain Sell NXP in Initial Offering at 46% Discount to LBO |website=Bloomberg News |date=6 August 2010 |access-date=27 May 2011 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.forbes.com/2006/09/01/nxp-phillips-semi-passports-cx_cn_0901nxp.html |title = NXP Hits The Ground Running |publisher = Forbes |date = 1 September 2006 |access-date = 27 May 2011}}</ref> The new company name NXP (from Next eXPerience) was announced on 31 August 2006,<ref name="eetimes.com">{{cite web |url = http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4064679/Philips-Semiconductors-to-become-NXP |title = Philips Semiconductors to become NXP |publisher = EE Times |date = 31 August 2006 |access-date = 27 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.infoworld.com/article/2189165/philips-semiconductor-changes-name-to-nxp.html |title = Philips Semiconductor changes name to NXP |website = infoworld.com |date = 1 September 2006}}</ref> and the company was officially launched during the Internationale Funkausstellung (IFA) consumer electronics show in Berlin. The newly independent NXP was ranked as one of the world's top 10 semiconductor companies.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/aug2006/gb20060802_684076.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423125143/http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/aug2006/gb20060802_684076.htm |archive-date=2008-04-23 |title=What Are KKR's Plans for Philips Semi? |publisher=BusinessWeek |last=Norton |first=Kate |date=2 August 2006 |access-date=27 May 2011}}</ref>
In February 2007, NXP announced that it would acquire Silicon Laboratories’ AeroFONE single-chip phone and power amplifier product lines to strengthen its Mobile and Personal business in exchange for $285 million in cash.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4186777/NXP-pays-285-million-for-Silicon-Labs-cellular-unit |title = NXP pays $285 million for Silicon Labs' cellular unit |publisher = EE Times |date = 8 February 2007 |access-date = 28 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.informationweek.com/it-leadership/nxp-to-pay-285-million-for-silicon-labs-cellular-unit |title = NXP To Pay $285 Million For Silicon Labs' Cellular Unit |website = informationweek.com |first = John |last = Walko |date = 8 February 2007}}</ref> The next year, NXP announced that it would transform its Mobile and Personal business unit into a joint venture with STMicroelectronics;<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.epdtonthenet.net/article/19101/ST-and-NXP-combine-to-enter-wireless-market.aspx |title = ST and NXP combine to enter wireless market |website = epdtonthenet.net |date = 16 September 2008 }}</ref> in 2009, following ST's purchase of NXP's 20 percent stake, this business unit became ST-Ericsson, which was itself a 50/50 joint venture of Ericsson Mobile Platforms and STMicroelectronics.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://insidegnss.com/csr-sirf-merger-pairs-struggling-bluetooth-and-gps-powerhouses-and-shows-handset-platform-dominance/ |title=CSR-SiRF Merger Pairs Struggling Bluetooth and GPS Powerhouses - and Shows Handset Platform Dominance |last=Glen |date=17 February 2009 |website=Inside GNSS |language=en-US |access-date=27 May 2019 |archive-date=27 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527095510/https://insidegnss.com/csr-sirf-merger-pairs-struggling-bluetooth-and-gps-powerhouses-and-shows-handset-platform-dominance/ |url-status=live}}</ref> In April 2008, NXP announced it would acquire the set-top box business of Conexant to complement its existing Home business unit.<ref>{{cite web |title=Screen Printing Software |url=https://www.shopworx.com/screen-printing-management-software/ |website = shopworx.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4076900/NXP-to-acquire-Conexant-s-set-top-box-business |title = NXP to acquire Conexant's set-top box business |publisher = EE Times |date = 28 April 2008 |access-date = 29 May 2011}}</ref> In September 2008, NXP announced that it would restructure its manufacturing, R&D and back office operations, resulting in 4,500 job cuts worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://uk.reuters.com/article/nxp-idUKLC51227120080912 |title = UPDATE 2-NXP restructures: affects 4,500 jobs, costs $800 mln |publisher = Reuters |date = 12 September 2008 |access-date = 29 May 2011}}</ref> In October 2009, NXP announced that it would sell its Home business unit to Trident Microsystems.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2009/10/05/47103/nxp-sells-digital-tv-chip-business-takes-stake-in-trident.htm |title = NXP sells digital TV chip business, takes stake in Trident |publisher = Electronics Weekly |date = 5 October 2009 |access-date = 29 May 2011}}</ref>
NXP was the co-inventor of near field communication (NFC) technology, along with Sony and Inside Secure, and had supplied NFC chip sets that enables mobile phones to be used to pay for goods, and store and exchange data securely.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-summit-nxp-idUSTRE74I4HC20110519 |title=NXP says demand for NFC chips to soar |work=Reuters |date=19 May 2011 |access-date=28 May 2011}}</ref> NXP manufactures such chips for eGovernment applications such as electronic passports; RFID tags and labels; and transport and access management, with the chip set and contactless card for MIFARE used by many major public transit systems worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.ecnmag.com/News/2011/08/NXP-Consolidates-No--1-Position-in-Worldwide-ID-Market/ |title = NXP Consolidates No. 1 Position in Worldwide ID Market |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402053226/http://www.ecnmag.com/News/2011/08/NXP-Consolidates-No--1-Position-in-Worldwide-ID-Market/ |archive-date=2 April 2012 |publisher = ECN Europe |date = 4 August 2011 |access-date = 12 November 2011}}</ref>
==== 2010s ==== On 26 July 2010, NXP announced the acquisition of the British RF specialist Jennic.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4204903/NXP-buys-Jennic |title = NXP buys Jennic, boosts short-range RF portfolio |publisher = EE Times |date = 26 July 2010 |access-date = 2 July 2011}}</ref> One month late, NXP announced its initial public offering on the Nasdaq, which involved 34 million shares priced at $14 each.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nxp.com/news/content/file_1743.html |title=NXP Announces Pricing of Its Initial Public Offering |publisher = NXP Semiconductors}}</ref> In December 2010, NXP announced that the pending sale of its Sound Solutions business to Knowles Electronics, part of Dover Corporation, for $855 million in cash.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/12/22/50175/nxp-to-sell-off-sound-solutions-business.htm |title = NXP to sell off Sound Solutions business |publisher = Electronics Weekly |date = 22 December 2010 |access-date = 31 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://uk.reuters.com/business/quotes/DOV.N/key-developments/article/2357878 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018105229/http://uk.reuters.com/business/quotes/DOV.N/key-developments/article/2357878 |archive-date=2012-10-18 |title=Dover Corporation Completes Acquisition of Sound Solutions from NXP Semiconductors N.V. |publisher=Reuters |date=5 July 2011 |access-date=5 July 2011}}</ref>
In April 2012, NXP announced its intent to acquire electronic design consultancy Catena to work on automotive applications.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4370389/NXP-Catena-wireless-analog-automotive |title = NXP buys Dutch design house for automotive thrust |publisher = EE Times |date = 4 April 2012 |access-date = 4 May 2012}}</ref> Three months later, NXP sold its high-speed data converter assets to Integrated Device Technology.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4390769/IDT-buys-NXP-s-data-converter-assets |title = IDT buys NXP's data converter assets |publisher = EE Times |date = 19 July 2012 |access-date = 2 February 2013}}</ref> During 2012, revenue for NXP's Identification business unit reached $986 million, a 41 percent rise from 2011, which was partially attributed to the growing sales of NFC chips and secure elements.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://nfctimes.com/news/nxp-ceo-we-know-we-re-going-have-more-competition |title = NXP CEO: 'We Know We're Going to Have More Competition' |publisher = NFC Times |date = 31 January 2013 |access-date = 4 February 2013}}</ref> On 4 January 2013, NXP and Cisco announced their investment in Cohda Wireless, an Australian company focused on car-to-car and car-to-infrastructure communications.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/01/04/cisco-nxp-place-bet-on-connected-car-company/ |title=Cisco, NXP Place Bet on Connected Car Company |website=Wall Street Journal |date=4 January 2013 |access-date=1 February 2013 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> That same month, NXP announced it would enact between 700 and 900 redundancies worldwide in an effort to cut costs related to "support services".<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9235779/NXP_plans_to_cut_700_to_900_jobs_worldwide |title = NXP plans to cut 700 to 900 jobs worldwide |publisher = Computerworld |date = 14 January 2013 |access-date = 22 January 2013}}</ref> In May 2013, NXP announced that it acquired ''Code Red Technologies'', a provider of embedded software development such as the LPCXpresso IDE and Red Suite.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.nxp.com/news/press-releases/2013/05/nxp-acquires-code-red-technologies.html |title = NXP acquires Code Red Technologies |publisher = NXP Semiconductors |date = May 2013}}</ref>
In July 2014, NXP reported to have terminated the employment of union organizers,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/nxp-sacks-union-leaders-2014-07/ |title=NXP sacks union leaders |website=electronicsweekly.com |date=16 July 2014}}</ref> and a campaign was started for their reinstatement.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Apple: Demand Jobs Back For Fired iPhone Workers |url=https://action.eko.org/a/apple-supplier-nxp-union-busting |access-date=24 March 2026 |website=action.eko.org}}</ref> One year later, a joint venture with the Beijing JianGuang Asset Management Co. Ltd. was registered in Shanghai, China under the name WeEn Semiconductors.<ref>{{Cite web |title=WeEn Semiconductors {{!}} Electronic components. Distributor, online shop – Transfer Multisort Elektronik |url=https://www.tme.com/in/en/linecard/p,ween-semiconductors_1242/ |access-date=7 June 2022 |website=www.tme.com}}</ref> WeEn Semiconductors has been involved in the production of bipolar and SiC power semiconductors, TRIACs, and IGBT modules.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About {{!}} WeEn |url=https://www.ween-semi.com/en/About |access-date=7 June 2022 |website=ween-semi.com}}</ref>
On 14 June 2016, it was announced that Nexperia would be divested from NXP to a consortium of financial investors consisting of Beijing Jianguang Asset Management Co., Ltd (“JAC Capital”) and Wise Road Capital LTD (“Wise Road Capital”).<ref name="Beckerman">{{Cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/nxp-semiconductors-to-sell-standard-products-unit-for-2-7-billion-1465859073 |title=NXP Semiconductors to Sell Standard Products Unit for $2.75 Billion |last=Beckerman |first=Josh |date=14 June 2016 |newspaper=Wall Street Journal |issn=0099-9660 |access-date=14 June 2016 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Prior to the divestiture of Nexperia,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nexperia Begins Life Divorced from NXP Semiconductors |url=https://www.electronicdesign.com/power-management/article/21802257/nexperia-begins-life-divorced-from-nxp-semiconductors |access-date=8 February 2022 |website=electronicdesign.com |date=8 February 2017 }}</ref> NXP has been a volume supplier of discrete and standard logic devices, celebrating its 50 years in logic (via its history as both Signetics and Philips Semiconductors) in March 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://ics.nxp.com/logic/50-years/ |title = NXP celebrates 50 years in logic! |publisher = NXP Semiconductors |access-date = 4 February 2013}}</ref>
thumb|Freescale Semiconductors In March 2015, a merger agreement was announced through which NXP would merge with competitor Freescale Semiconductor.<ref>{{cite news |first1=Dana |last1=Mattioli |first2=Gillian |last2=Tan |date=1 March 2015 |title=NXP, Freescale Agree to Merger: Cash-and-stock deal values U.S. chip maker at $11.8 billion |publisher=Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/nxp-freescale-agree-to-merger-1425245923?tesla=y |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name="nxp.com">{{cite press release |title=NXP and Freescale Announce $40 Billion Merger |date=1 March 2015 |url=https://media.nxp.com/news-releases/news-release-details/nxp-and-freescale-announce-40-billion-merger |access-date=26 April 2020 |archive-date=15 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815044859/https://media.nxp.com/news-releases/news-release-details/nxp-and-freescale-announce-40-billion-merger |url-status=dead }}</ref> As part of the merger, NXP's RF Power activities were sold to JAC Capital for US$1.8 billion and rebranded as Ampleon, in a transaction closed in November 2015.<ref name="everythingrf.com">{{cite web |date=28 May 2015 |title=NXP to Sell RF Power Business for $1.8 Billion |url=http://www.everythingrf.com/News/details/1576-nxp-to-sell-rf-power-business-for-1-8-billion |website=everythingrf.com}}</ref> Both NXP and Freescale had deep roots stretching back to when they were part of Philips (NXP), and Motorola (Freescale) respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NXP History |url=https://www.nxp.com/company/about-nxp/history:NXP-HISTORY |access-date=8 February 2022 |publisher=NXP Semiconductors}}</ref> Both had similar revenue; US$4.8 billion and US$4.2 billion in 2013 for NXP and Freescale, respectively with NXP primarily focusing on near field communication (NFC) and high-performance mixed signal (HPMS) hardware, and Freescale focusing on its microprocessor and microcontroller businesses, and both companies possessing roughly equal patent portfolios.<ref name="chipworks.com">{{cite web |last=Angers |first=Ray |date=5 March 2015 |title=NXP/Freescale Merger a Union of Equals|url=http://www.chipworks.com/en/technical-competitive-analysis/resources/blog/nxpfreescale-merger-a-union-of-equals/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150307105258/http://www.chipworks.com/en/technical-competitive-analysis/resources/blog/nxpfreescale-merger-a-union-of-equals/ |archive-date=7 March 2015}}</ref> On 7 December 2015, NXP completed the merger with Freescale Semiconductor; the merged company continued its operation as NXP Semiconductors N.V.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://investors.nxp.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=209114&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2120581 |title = NXP and Freescale Announce Completion of Merger |publisher = NXP Semiconductors |date = 3 December 2015 |access-date = 17 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.rttnews.com/2588463/nxp-semiconductors-and-freescale-semiconductor-close-merger.aspx |title = NXP Semiconductors And Freescale Semiconductor Close Merger |publisher = RTTNews |access-date = 13 December 2015}}</ref>
On 27 October 2016, it was announced that Qualcomm would mounting an effort to buy NXP in exchange for $44 billion, which at that time would have been the biggest semiconductor takeover globally.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Don |last2=Higgins |first2=Tim |date=27 October 2016 |title=Qualcomm to buy NXP Semiconductors for $39 billion |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/qualcomm-to-buy-nxp-semiconductors-1477565063 |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 October 2016 |newspaper=Wall Street Journal |issn=0099-9660}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/27/qualcomm-to-acquire-nxp-semiconductor-for-47-billion/ |title = Qualcomm to acquire NXP Semiconductor for $47 billion |website = techcrunch.com |first = Darrell |last = Etherington |date = 27 October 2016 }}</ref> In April 2017, Qualcomm received approval from U.S. antitrust regulators for the acquisition of NXP for $47 billion.<ref>{{cite news |date=4 April 2017 |title=Qualcomm, NXP receive antitrust approval |newspaper=Reuters |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-nxp-semicondtrs-qualcomm-regulatory-idUKKBN1762ZO |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170405012756/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-nxp-semicondtrs-qualcomm-regulatory-idUKKBN1762ZO |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 April 2017}}</ref> The acquisition still required the approval of Chinese authorities, thus Qualcomm refiled an antitrust application and request to purchase with the Chinese Ministry of Commerce.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-qualcomm-antitrust/qualcomm-to-refile-china-antitrust-application-for-44-billion-nxp-takeover-sources-idUSKBN1HN0RM |title=Qualcomm to refile China antitrust application for $44 billion NXP... |last=Miller |first=Matthew |work=Reuters |access-date=17 April 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref> However, Qualcomm subsequently chose to cancel the acquisition entirely on 26 July 2018.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Obe |first1=Mitsuru |last2=Anzai |first2=Akihide |date=27 July 2018 |title=China shifts blame to Qualcomm for collapse of NXP deal |url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Business-Deals/China-shifts-blame-to-Qualcomm-for-collapse-of-NXP-deal |access-date=27 July 2018 |newspaper=Nikkei Asian Review |issn=2188-1413}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/26/technology/nxps-chief-criticizes-china-after-qualcomm-deal-collapses.html |title = NXP’s Chief Criticizes China After Qualcomm Deal Collapses |first = Don |last = Clark |date = 26 July 2018 |publisher = The New York Times}}</ref>
In order to protect against potential hackers, NXP offers gateways to automotive manufacturers that prevent communication with every network within a car independently.<ref>{{cite web |first = Elizabeth |last = Weise |publisher = USA Today |url = https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2016/08/04/car-hackers-say-theyve-hijacked-jeep-brakes/88180342/ |title = Car hackers say they've hijacked Jeep brakes |date = 8 August 2016 |access-date = 9 August 2016}}</ref> The i.MX 8 was announced in early 2017, based around three products; all versions includes one or two Cortex-A72 CPU cores and all versions includes two Cortex-M4F CPU cores.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 November 2024 |title=NXP announced Imx 8 series |url=http://www.nxp.com/files/32bit/doc/fact_sheet/IMX8FAMFS.pdf?fasp=1&WT_TYPE=Fact%20Sheets&WT_VENDOR=FREESCALE&WT_FILE_FORMAT=pdf&WT_ASSET=Documentation&fileExt=.pdf |publisher = NXP Semiconductors}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=7 November 2024 |title=Imx 8m series |url=https://www.nxp.com/company/about-nxp/newsroom/NW-VOICE-VIDEO-INTERACTIONS?c=254228&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2233904 |publisher = NXP Semiconductors}}</ref>
In September 2018, NXP announced that it acquired OmniPHY, a provider of automotive Ethernet subsystem technology.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Abuelsamid |first=Sam |title=NXP Acquires OmniPhy To Help Ramp In-Car Networking To Gigabit Speeds |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/samabuelsamid/2018/09/04/nxp-acquires-omniphy-to-help-ramp-in-car-networking-to-gigabit-speeds/ |access-date=18 October 2023 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=3 September 2018 |title=NXP scoops up OmniPHY for autonomous driving push |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/nxp-scoops-up-omniphy-for-autonomous-driving-push/ |access-date=18 October 2023 |website=ZDNET |language=en}}</ref> On 6 December 2019, NXP announced the completion of the acquisition of the wireless connectivity assets from Marvell Technology.<ref name=":0">{{Cite press release |url=http://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/12/06/1957437/0/en/NXP-Completes-Acquisition-of-Marvell-s-Wi-Fi-and-Bluetooth-Connectivity-Assets.html |title=NXP Completes Acquisition of Marvell's Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Connectivity Assets |date=6 December 2019 |website=GlobeNewswire News Room |access-date=4 January 2020}}</ref>
==== 2020s ==== On 18 June 2020, NXP announced HoverGames Challenge 2: Help Drones Help Others.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=NXP Announces HoverGames Challenge 2: Help Drones Help Others |url=http://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/06/18/2049874/0/en/NXP-Announces-HoverGames-Challenge-2-Help-Drones-Help-Others.html |date=18 June 2020 |website=GlobeNewswire News Room |access-date=18 June 2020}}</ref> One month later, NXP delivered secure and scalable edge-connected platforms based on its i.MX RT crossover processors and Wi-Fi/Bluetooth solutions.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=NXP Delivers Secure, Scalable Edge-Connected Platforms Based on its i.MX RT Crossover Processors and Wi-Fi/Bluetooth Solutions |url=http://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/07/21/2064955/0/en/NXP-Delivers-Secure-Scalable-Edge-Connected-Platforms-Based-on-its-i-MX-RT-Crossover-Processors-and-Wi-Fi-Bluetooth-Solutions.html |date=21 July 2020 |website=GlobeNewswire News Room |access-date=21 July 2020}}</ref>
On 5 January 2023, NXP introduced industry-first 28 nm RFCMOS radar one-chip for safety-critical ADAS applications, with DENSO leveraging it to build advanced ADAS platforms.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nxp.com/company/about-nxp/newsroom/NW-NXP-INTRODUCES-ADVANCED-AUTOMOTIVE-RADAR-ONE |title=NXP Introduces Advanced Automotive Radar One-Chip Family for Next-Gen ADAS and Autonomous Driving Systems |publisher = NXP Semiconductors}}</ref> NXP and Foxconn opened a joint laboratory in December 2023 in the Foxconn Nankan Facility in Taiwan, marking a new milestone in the companies’ strategic collaboration for software-defined electric vehicle development.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nxp.com/company/about-nxp/newsroom/NW-NXP-AND-FOXCONN-OPEN |title=NXP and Foxconn Open Joint Lab to Accelerate SDV Development |publisher = NXP Semiconductors}}</ref>
==Leadership== NXP's first CEO was Frans van Houten; he was succeeded by Richard L. Clemmer on 1 January 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4194157/Van-Houten-leaves-NXP-as-former-TI-Agere-exec-takes-over |title = Van Houten leaves NXP as former TI, Agere exec takes over |publisher = EE Times |date = 31 December 2008 |access-date = 29 May 2011}}</ref> From May 2020 until 2025, Kurt Sievers served as president and CEO.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 May 2021 |title=Kurt Sievers, President and CEO of NXP Semiconductors, Joins GSA's Board of Directors |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210524005011/en/Kurt-Sievers-President-and-CEO-of-NXP-Semiconductors-Joins-GSA%E2%80%99s-Board-of-Directors |access-date=18 October 2023 |website= businesswire.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Navigating through change: An interview with NXP Semiconductors' Kurt Sievers {{!}} McKinsey |url=https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/semiconductors/our-insights/navigating-through-change-an-interview-with-nxp-semiconductors-kurt-sievers |access-date=18 October 2023 |website=mckinsey.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pelé |first=Anne-Françoise |date=29 April 2025 |title=NXP CEO Kurt Sievers to Retire |url=https://www.eetimes.com/nxp-ceo-kurt-sievers-to-retire/ |access-date=21 January 2026 |publisher=EE Times}}</ref> Rafael Sotomayor took over as president in April 2025, and then as CEO in October 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Board of Directors |url=https://www.nxp.com/company/about-nxp/investor-relations/corporate-governance/board-of-directors:BOARD-OF-DIRECTORS |access-date=21 January 2026 |publisher = NXP Semiconductors}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sievers to hand over to Sotomayor as NXP CEO |publisher = Electronics Weekly |url=https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/865062-2025-04/ |access-date=21 January 2026 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=28 April 2025 |title=NXP's CEO to retire this year, insider Sotomayor to take over |url=https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/nxps-ceo-retire-this-year-insider-sotomayor-take-over-2025-04-28/ |publisher=Reuters}}</ref>
==Worldwide sites== [[File:NXPHQ.JPG|thumb|NXP headquarters in Eindhoven, Netherlands, July 2011|350x350px]]NXP Semiconductors is headquartered in Eindhoven, Netherlands, and has numerous international locations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Worldwide Locations |publisher = NXP Semiconductors |url=https://www.nxp.com/company/about-nxp/worldwide-locations:GLOBAL_SITES |access-date=8 February 2022}}</ref>
=== Wafer fabs === * Chandler, Arizona, United States * Austin, Texas, United States * Nijmegen, Netherlands * Singapore (SSMC)
=== R&D and design === thumb|350x350px|NXP Nijmegen * Eindhoven (HQ) * Nijmegen * San Jose, California * Austin, Texas * Chandler, Arizona * San Diego * Novi, Michigan * Kanata, Ontario * Gratkorn * Milan * Catania * Leuven * Delft * Brno * Rožnov pod Radhoštěm * Bucharest * Caenthumb|350x350px|NXP Hamburg (Germany HQ) * Mougins * Toulouse * Grenoble * Sophia Antipolis * Dresden * Hamburg * Munich * Southampton * Glasgow * Yokneam Illit * Bengaluru * Pune * Hyderabad * Noida
=== Test and assembly === * Bangkok, Thailand * Kaohsiung, Taiwan * Petaling Jaya, Malaysia * Tianjin, China
=== Sales === * San Jose, California * San Diego * Novi, Michigan * Irvine, California * Woburn, Massachusetts * Guadalajara * Kanata, Ontario * Beijing * Hong Kong * Tokyo * Singapore * Seoul * Paris * Sindelfingen
=== Joint ventures === * [https://www.vis.com.tw/en/join_vsmc VSMC] * [https://www.nxp.com/company/about-nxp/tsmc-bosch-infineon-and-nxp-establish-joint-venture-to-bring-advanced-semiconductor-manufacturing-to-europe:NW-ESMC European Semiconductor Manufacturing Company] (ESMC) * Systems on Silicon Manufacturing Company (SSMC) Pte. Ltd. (61%) * Datang NXP Semiconductors Co., Ltd. (49%) * Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (27%) * Cohda Wireless Pty Ltd. (23%)
==Controversies== In March 2013, NXP locked out workers at its plant in Bangkok, Thailand, due to stalled negotiations over a new work schedule with their trade union, which was affiliated with the Confederation of Thai Electrical Appliances, Electronic Automobile & Metalworkers (TEAM). Management then called in small groups of workers, asked them if they agreed with the union's demands, and told them to leave if they did. They were not able to enter the factory the next day. In response, TEAM staged protests outside the factory and on March 13 outside the Dutch embassy and also filed a complaint with the National Human Right Commission. On April 29, mediation by the Ministry of Labour led to the signing of a memorandum that passed the decision over the work schedule to the Labour Relations Committee. The committee decided on June 20 that the new work schedule did not violate Thai labour law; however, the National Human Rights Committee decided otherwise and recommended the factory should revert to the old schedule. NXP continues to demand regular 12-hour shifts.<ref>{{cite report |first1=Meike |last1=Remmers |first2=Irene |last2=Schipper |title=Unable to connect. Research on labour disputes at NXP |date=June 2015 |publisher=GoodElectronics}}</ref>
In May 2014, the company fired 24 workers at its plant in the special economic zone in Cabuyao, The Philippines. The workers were all officials of a trade union affiliated with the Metal Workers Alliance of the Philippines (MWAP). Reports said they were fired due to their union functions in negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement. Factory owners claimed the workers were fired after refusing to work on 9 April, while workers said they had not been paid for two months.<ref>{{cite press release| url=https://www.industriall-union.org/philippines-entire-union-executive-sacked-for-refusing-to-work-on-national-holiday |title=Philippines: Entire union executive sacked for not working on national holiday |publisher=IndustriALL Global Union |date=7 May 2014 |access-date=20 February 2021}}</ref> IndustriALL and its affiliated unions in the Philippines condemned the dismissals.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://media.business-humanrights.org/media/documents/files/documents/2.NXP_abuses_get_worse_-_letter_to_Business_41.pdf |title=NXP Semiconductors labour abuses in Philippines |first=Jyrki |last=Raina |publisher=IndustriALL Global Union |date=26 August 2014 |location=Geneva, Switzerland}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.industriall-union.org/sites/default/files/uploads/documents/Philippines/industriall_affiliate_statement_nxp.pdf |title=Solidarity Message for the NXP semiconductors workers from the Philippine affiliates |date=19 June 2014 |location=Manila, Philippines |publisher=IndustriALL Global Union}}</ref> In September, MWAP and NXP reached an agreement by which 12 of the fired workers were reinstated and the other 12 received separation packages. NXP also committed itself to a long-term wage increase.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.equaltimes.org/philippines-they-tried-to-crush-us?lang=en |title=Philippines: "They tried to crush us, and failed," say NXP unionists |newspaper=Equal Times |last=Torres |first=Estrella |date=9 October 2014}}</ref> In the summer of 2015, a member of the Dutch parliament questioned trade minister Lilianne Ploumen regarding NXP's behaviour.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://goodelectronics.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2015/07/Parliamentary-questions-answers-re-NXP-July-2015.pdf |title=Parliamentary questions & answers regarding NXP Semiconductors |publisher=GoodElectronics |access-date=20 February 2021}}</ref>
==See also== * NXP MIFARE contactless smart cards and proximity cards * NXP LPC microcontrollers * NXP QorIQ microprocessors * NXP GreenChip
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