
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.

NXP wants to sell itself to Qualcomm
$30 billion deal
NXP Semiconductors is exploring selling itself to Qualcomm in a deal that could be valued at more than $30 billion.

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.

Chipmakers headed for consolidation
Internet of things wakes up Credit Suisse
The Internet of Things could do some rather important things for big chipmakers, according to a leading finance outfit.