Philips Semiconductors is one of the top ten global semiconductor manufacturers, employing more than 35,000 people, 6,000 of whom are engineers or software engineers. A global organization, it operates twenty manufacturing sites and maintains sales organizations in sixty countries around the world.

 

Philips has five product divisions: Consumer Electronics; Domestic Appliances & Personal Care; Lighting; Medical Systems and Semiconductors.

 

NXP is a newly independent semiconductor company (founded by Philips) with a fifty-year history of providing engineers and designers with semiconductors and software that deliver better sensory experiences for mobile communications, consumer electronics, security applications, contactless payment and connectivity, and in-car entertainment and networking.

 

Building on its heritage in consumer research, significant R&D investment and world-class industry partners, NXP's "vibrant media technologies" allow consumers to enjoy better sensory experiences - brilliant images, crisp clear sound and easy sharing of information in homes, cars and mobile devices.