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Qualcomm wireless car charging gets momentum
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Mercedes and Lumen system integrator

The Mercedes S550 plug in hybrid is the first car to commercially comes with Qualcomm Halo wireless car charger. Fudzilla saw a demo of this technology back in May 2015 and it sounded more than promising. 

Qualcomm acquires NXP for $47 billion
Published in News
Thursday, 27 October 2016 16:49

Qualcomm acquires NXP for $47 billion


IoT and Automotive twist

Qualcomm was apparently eyeing NXP for a while and it just announced that it has bought it in a massive $47 billion deal that has quite a bit of IoT and automotive aspiration. 

Freescale deal complete
Published in PC Hardware
Tuesday, 08 December 2015 11:10

Freescale deal complete


NXP writes $12 billion cheque

NXP has completed its nearly $12 billion deal to buy Freescale and become the world's top maker of automotive electronics.

Freescale releases Linux SoCs
Published in PC Hardware
Tuesday, 23 June 2015 13:04

Freescale releases Linux SoCs


Powersaving from Cortex-A7 architecture

Freescale has been showing off its two Linux-ready, 28nm i.MX7 SoCs.

Western chipmaker accused of employee mistreatment
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Going Dutch means long hours 

Dutch chipmaker NXP has been accused of forcing workers in its overseas factories to work too long and undermining local trade unions.

NXP buys Freescale
Published in News
Monday, 02 March 2015 12:25

NXP buys Freescale


All your Internet of Things are belong to us

In a major shake-up of the mobile chip industry NXP and Freescale are to merge thus taking control of the mobile and automotive chip industry. 



Four Cortex A9 cores and a 64-bit memory bus