Q'comm-NXP Break-Up: There Will Be Fallout

Junko Yoshida, EETimes
8/3/2018 00:01 AM EDT

PARIS — For two years, Qualcomm and NXP have been thinking about what they could do together. The two companies, independently, might have even delayed some key decisions, wondering how this potential merger might juice their customer base, technology expertise, and market share.

Their rivals, too, wondered how the competitive landscape — especially in automotive and IoT — might change after the birth of this full-grown, half-ton, high-tech gorilla.

Now that Qualcomm has walked away from the NXP acquisition — because China missed the deadline to approve the deal — what next?

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