Qualcomm wireless car charging gets momentum
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
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
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
Powersaving from Cortex-A7 architecture
Freescale has been showing off its two Linux-ready, 28nm i.MX7 SoCs.
Western chipmaker accused of employee mistreatment
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
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.
Freescale showcases quad-core i.MX6 processor
Four Cortex A9 cores and a 64-bit memory bus