NXP is a company with NXP Semiconductors (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., a well-known chip brand and a well-known industry brand. It integrates wireless infrastructure, lighting, healthcare, industry, consumer electronics technology and computing companies, and specializes in providing engineering development solutions. NXP Semiconductors is one of the top ten semiconductor companies in the world. It was founded in 2006 and was previously founded by Philips more than 50 years ago.

NXP Semiconductor, the former branch founded by Philips half a century ago, specializes in the research and development of semiconductors.

The company is headquartered in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. It has 37,000 employees in more than 20 countries around the world (37% in Europe, 37% in Asia, 21% in Greater China, and 5% in the Americas). Its sales in 2007 reached US$6.3 billion.

NXP provides semiconductors, system solutions and software to provide better sensory experiences for mobile phones, personal media players, TVs, set-top boxes, identification applications, cars and a wide range of other electronic devices.

On November 16, 2006, NXP Semiconductor officially announced that it will carry out related marketing and operation activities in Greater China under the name of "NXP Semiconductor" as its Chinese brand.

In addition to the original English brand name NXP, NXP hopes to further communicate with its new brand and customers in Greater China, thereby enhancing brand awareness.

NXP has inherited a solid consumer research foundation and continued considerable R&D investment. Through NXP's product technology, terminal products can further enhance consumers' sensory experience - whether it is brightly colored images or clear-textured music, consumers can share information at home, between cars and mobile devices anytime, anywhere.

NXP's product technology and solutions are used in the following five market areas: automotive electronics, intelligent identification, home entertainment, mobile phones and personal mobile communications, and multi-market semiconductors, thereby establishing a leadership position in major markets.

NXP Semiconductor (NASDAQ: NXPI) protects people's smarter and more convenient lives through connection and infrastructure solutions. As a supplier of semiconductor Secure connection solutions, NXP is promoting innovation in smart connected application markets such as connected vehicles, end-to-end security and data protection in the field of high-performance mixed signals.

On December 7, 2015, Freescale's semiconductor brand officially stopped using it. In March, the brand had already been under NXP. NXP announced that it would acquire Freescale for approximately US$11.8 billion in cash and stock.