NXP

NXP Semiconductors N.V. is a Dutch multinational semiconductor company headquartered in Eindhoven, Netherlands. It designs and manufactures semiconductor and embedded processing solutions for automotive, industrial, and consumer applications. The company’s product portfolio includes microcontrollers and microprocessors, secure identification and cryptography ICs, RFID and NFC solutions, wireless connectivity components, analog devices, and sensors.

The company traces its origins to Philips Semiconductors, which was spun off as NXP Semiconductors in 2006. In 2015 NXP acquired Freescale Semiconductor, expanding its footprint in automotive electronics and embedded processing and creating a major global supplier for automotive and identification markets. NXP is a publicly traded company, listed on the NASDAQ under the ticker NXPI and on Euronext Amsterdam.

Key product families encompass the i.MX line of applications processors, S32 automotive safety microcontrollers, and Layerscape networking processors. The Kinetis MCU line, originating from Freescale, remains part of the portfolio alongside secure elements for payments and identification, and MIFARE and DESFire RFID ICs. The company also markets NFC controllers, wireless connectivity components, and a range of analog and sensor products.

NXP serves automotive manufacturers and suppliers, industrial and IoT customers, and government and commercial identity programs. It positions itself in markets involving in-vehicle networks, secure identification and payments, and embedded security, competing with other large semiconductor firms such as Infineon, Renesas, STMicroelectronics, and Texas Instruments.