NXP Semiconductors N.V. (Nasdaq: NXPI) has been honored with an award from Digi-Key, one of the world’s fastest growing distributors of electronic components, inscribed NXP for Exceptional Sales Performance Driven by Superior Engagement 2010. This award was presented to the NXP management team as recognition for driving numerous strategic engagements and initiatives to strengthen NXP’s global customer reach with Digi-Key.

NXP has formed a strategic collaboration with Google to provide a complete open source software stack for Near Field Communication (NFC). The NFC stack will be fully integrated and validated on Gingerbread, the latest version of the Android™ platform. This video demonstrates the use of NFC on the on the Nexus-S.

NXP Semiconductors N.V. (Nasdaq: NXPI) has now opened registration for its first-ever High Performance RF Design Challenge, inviting RF engineers and students worldwide to submit creative application ideas for RF power devices. RF power transistors have traditionally been used in telecommunications, aerospace and broadcast infrastructure, as well as various industrial, scientific and medical applications.

NXP Semiconductors and LUXIM today announced a program designed to ensure local public works administrations receive genuine products for use in street lighting. LUXIM, the leading supplier of Light Emitting Plasma™ (LEP) lamps, is joining forces with NXP, a leader in security IC solutions, to help assure component authentication throughout the entire supply chain, so that governments choosing LEP street lights can be confident in the quality, ...

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NXP announced the TDA18260, a dual silicon tuner for cable, is in volume production and available immediately. The TDA18260 simplifies the design of high-definition multi-tuner cable set-top boxes, enabling up to 6 channels with high performance on each stream. The dual cable silicon tuner IC from NXP eliminates tuner-to-tuner interference as well as the need to add complex, costly RF components such as low-noise amplifiers, splitters, Surface A...

NXP Semiconductors and Dover Corporation (NYSE: DOV) today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement whereby Dover’s affiliate Knowles Electronics will acquire NXP’s Sound Solutions business, the leading provider of speaker and receiver components for the mobile handset market. The sale of the Sound Solutions business, which for reporting purposes is included in NXP’s Standard Products segment, will significantly strengthen NX...

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NXP Semiconductors announced the TDA18273 – a unique silicon tuner integrating immunity to wireless network interference from wireless LAN and mobile phones. This is particularly important as a growing number of TVs today introduce WLAN IP TV or Google TV capability. The TDA18273 hybrid silicon tuner supports worldwide TV standards – both analog and digital – and functions as a single universal tuner platform for terrestrial and cable TV re...

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Today NXP Semiconductors announced the industry’s first RFCMOS-based, all-in-one digital chip for automotive radio applications. The TEF663x integrates AM/FM radio and audio signal post-processing functions in a single integrated circuit (IC). Until now, the tuner, radio DSP and audio post-processing DSP cores were separate ICs.

NXP Semiconductors N.V. today announced the availability of the SAF356x series, a flexible digital radio co-processor for car entertainment systems supporting DAB, DAB+ and T-DMB reception, as well as HD Radio. All standards are supported for both single- and dual-tuner applications. The SAF356x is the market’s first multi-standard baseband processor for digital terrestrial radio systems, with software that can be modified to support additional...

Developing secure multi-applications presents a new set of challenges in terms of security, convenience, and design productivity.

Today NXP Semiconductors announced a strategic collaboration with Google to provide a complete open source software stack for Near Field Communications (NFC). The NFC stack will be fully integrated and validated on Gingerbread, the latest version of the Android™ platform. Google also integrated NXP’s NFC controller (PN544) into its newly launched Nexus S™ phone, co-developed by Google and Samsung, offering users access to compelling NFC bas...

NXP today announced that its MIFARE DESFire EV1 contactless microcontroller IC has been chosen to power the Automatic Fare Collection (AFC) scheme of Madrid’s public transportation system. Operated by the Consorcio Regional de Transportes de Madrid (CRTM), the public transportation system covers the city’s urban metro, bus network and suburban rail network, which is run by more than 50 different private operators. In total, more than 1.8 bill...

NXP Semiconductors today launched the SmartMX2 – an all-new family of secure microcontrollers built on the groundbreaking IntegralSecurity™ architecture. The SmartMX2 is designed to provide unprecedented levels of security for multi-applications without compromising on convenience, performance or design productivity. With its flexibility and scalability, the SmartMX2 covers a wide range of applications such as eGovernment, banking, PayTV, mob...

NXP Semiconductors, together with Brightsight and Cryptography Research Inc., today announced the certification of several NXP SmartMX secure microcontrollers under the DPA Countermeasure Validation Program. The analysis, conducted by security evaluation firm Brightsight, validates the effectiveness of Differential Power Analysis countermeasures in members of NXP's SmartMX product line.

NXP Semiconductors N.V. today launched the SmartMX2 – an all-new family of secure microcontrollers built on the groundbreaking IntegralSecurity™ architecture. The SmartMX2 is designed to provide unprecedented levels of security for multi-applications without compromising on convenience, performance or design productivity. With its flexibility and scalability, the SmartMX2 covers a wide range of applications such as eGovernment, banking, PayTV...

NXP Semiconductors N.V. today unveiled the first MOSFET in the NextPower range with a 30V Power-SO8 MOSFET, featuring the industry’s lowest RDSon of 1.4mOhm at 4.5V. The new MOSFET, PSMN1R0-30YLC, is optimized for 4.5V switching applications and is packaged in LFPAK, the industry’s toughest Power-SO8 package. The NextPower technology has been specifically optimized for high performance DC-DC conversion applications such as synchronous buck re...