NXP Semiconductors

• NXP Attention Front End with Spot

  2026-05-19 - Evaluation - Connected - NXP showed its Attention Front End integrated on a Boston Dynamics Spot while evaluating multimodal conversational AI at the edge.

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Supply chain relationships

• Kodiak AI

  Outbound - Compute & Control - Kodiak Driver ACE integrates NXP S32K3 microcontrollers for safety-rated real-time vehicle control

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• Kodiak AI

  Outbound - Compute & Control - Kodiak Driver ACE integrates NXP S32G3 processors for safety-rated vehicle control and networking

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• Volta Robots

  Outbound - Compute & Control - Lawn Companion uses NXP secure microcontrollers

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• Kodiak AI

  Outbound - Power Electronics - Kodiak Driver ACE integrates NXP VR5510 power-management devices in its safety-control architecture

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• Applied EV

  Outbound - Compute & Control - Applied EV Blanc Robot Generation 6 integrates NXP S32G/S32K and i.MX processors

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• Adafruit

  Outbound - Compute & Control - Adafruit's Stepper + DC Motor FeatherWing uses an NXP PCA9685 PWM controller

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• Honeywell International

  Outbound - Components - NXP Semiconductors supplies i.MX 8 and S32N processors for Honeywell Anthem avionics and autonomy platform

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• Agam Robotics

  Outbound - Compute & Control - Agam specifies the NXP i.MX RT1170 MCU in its V6X-RT flight controller

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• VVDN Technologies

  Outbound - Oem Builders - VVDN’s i.MX 94 System-on-Module incorporates NXP’s i.MX 94 processor; samples were available at launch

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• Arduino

  Outbound - Compute & Control - Arduino Portenta Machine Control uses an NXP SE0502 secure element and TJA1049 CAN transceiver

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• Arduino

  Outbound - Compute & Control - Arduino Nicla Vision incorporates NXP SE050C2 security and PF1550 power-management ICs

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• Waveshare

  Outbound - actuation and motion control - Waveshare WAVEGO uses a NXP PCA9685 servo-control IC on its driver board

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• Holybro

  Outbound - electronics and robotics components - Current Holybro Pixhawk 6X integrates an NXP EdgeLock SE050 secure element

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• bObsweep

  Outbound - Compute & Control - bObsweep Ultra-Vision uses NXP i.MX RT1052 for control and computer vision

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• smartmicro

  Outbound - Sensing And Perception - smartmicro’s DRVEGRD automotive radar family incorporates NXP radar chips

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• Blue Robotics

  Outbound - electronics and robotics components - Blue Robotics lists the NXP PCA9685 PWM controller in the current Navigator BOM

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• Advantech

  Outbound - Compute & Control - Advantech AOM-5521 integrates NXP i.MX95 compute

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• NXPI - NASDAQ - USD

• Rafael Sotomayor - President and Chief Executive Officer
• Bill Betz - Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
• Lars Reger - Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer

Events

• 2026-03-18 - Product Launch - NXP announces robotics solutions developed with NVIDIA

  NXP announced the first in a series of robotics solutions developed in collaboration with NVIDIA. The first Holoscan Sensor Bridge-ready solution in NXP's robotics portfolio includes a machine-vision solution based on the i.MX 95 applications processor. The launch anchors NXP's robotics profile in edge compute, sensor bridge and machine-vision infrastructure for autonomous machines.

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• 2026-03-16 - Partnership - NXP and NVIDIA collaborate on functional-safety concepts for robotics platforms

  NXP and NVIDIA are developing robotics solutions that combine NXP edge processing, networking and functional-safety expertise with NVIDIA robotics platforms. The first solutions use NVIDIA Holoscan Sensor Bridge with NXP SoCs for sensor fusion, machine vision and precision motor control. NXP said the collaboration helps define a unified architecture for full-body humanoid robotics and accelerate physical-AI development and deployment.

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• 2026-03-16 - Partnership - NXP delivers new innovations for advanced physical AI with NVIDIA

  NXP announced robotics solutions developed with NVIDIA for physical AI and humanoid robotics The collaboration combines NXP edge processors, motor control, and sensor interfaces with the NVIDIA robotics stack It positions NXP as a component supplier in the humanoid and mobile robotics ecosystem

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• 2026-02-02 - Acquisition - STMicroelectronics completes acquisition of NXP MEMS sensors business

  ST announced that it had completed the acquisition of NXP's MEMS sensors business after regulatory approval. The company said the transaction expands ST's sensors footprint across automotive and industrial markets. This is add-only and distinct from the existing July 2025 agreement-to-acquire headline because it captures the completed closing event.

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• 2025-10-27 - Acquisition - NXP completes acquisition of Kinara to advance edge AI leadership

  NXP closed its acquisition of Kinara for $307 million in cash before closing adjustments Kinara adds discrete neural processing units for high-performance, energy-efficient edge AI The acquisition strengthens NXP's position in Industrial and IoT edge AI infrastructure relevant to robotics and autonomous systems

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• 2025-07-24 - Acquisition - STMicroelectronics agrees to acquire NXP's MEMS sensors business

  ST entered into an agreement to acquire NXP's MEMS sensor business for up to US$950 million in cash The deal adds automotive-safety and industrial MEMS assets to ST's sensor portfolio It materially strengthens ST's sensor position in industrial and autonomous-system component markets

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• 2025-02-10 - Acquisition - NXP agrees to acquire Kinara for edge AI acceleration

  NXP announced a definitive agreement to acquire Kinara Kinara's NPUs were positioned for multimodal generative AI and edge inference workloads The deal was strategically relevant to NXP's industrial and embedded AI stack used in autonomous systems

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• 2025-01-08 - Partnership - Honeywell and NXP expand partnership to accelerate autonomous aviation technology

  Honeywell and NXP expanded their partnership to combine Honeywell Anthem avionics with NXP high-performance computing architecture. The companies said the collaboration will support AI-driven aerospace technology, large-area cockpit displays and the path toward autonomous flight. Honeywell said Vertical Aerospace would use the latest technology in its eVTOL aircraft program.

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• 2024-11-22 - Capability - bObsweep consolidates robot-vacuum control and vision on one NXP MCU

  The controller handles real-time motor and sensor workloads alongside navigation planning and peripheral connectivity. Ultra-Vision processes camera input for obstacle detection without a separate vision processor or graphics processor. Integrated power management and low-power modes reduce component count and support battery-operated cleaning robots.

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• 2023-11-02 - Partnership - NXP invests in Zendar and collaborates on distributed-aperture radar

  The collaboration combines Zendar's distributed-aperture radar processing with NXP's S32R processors and SAF8x radar hardware. The companies positioned the architecture as a route to higher-resolution sensing for increasingly automated vehicles. NXP also disclosed a strategic investment in Zendar alongside the technical collaboration.

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• 2020-12-07 - Partnership - smartmicro and NXP agree radar-sensor supply for NXP customers

  The agreement covered scalable corner- and front-radar solutions for automotive OEMs and tier-one suppliers. The reference designs included a 200-metre forward-looking 4D radar and a 130-metre wide-field corner radar. Volume manufacturing at smartmicro facilities was planned for early 2021 with RED, FCC and other approvals.

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Relationships

• VVDN Technologies

  Industrial Compute Platform Partner - VVDN developed an industrial System-on-Module based on NXP’s i.MX 94 processor for real-time control, motion control and robotics controllers.

• Honeywell Aerospace

  Technology Partner - Honeywell and NXP combine Anthem avionics with NXP compute for next-generation autonomous aviation systems.

• Zendar

  Distributed Aperture Radar Development Partner - Zendar and NXP collaborate on high-resolution distributed-aperture radar for automated vehicles.

• smartmicro

  Automotive Radar Reference Design Partner - NXP selected smartmicro 4D radar reference-sensor designs for its automotive customer ecosystem.

• u-blox

  Platform Support - u-blox and NXP demonstrate wireless and positioning modules in the NXP partner ecosystem for embedded and robotics platforms.

• STMicroelectronics

  Acquired Company - STMicroelectronics agrees to acquire NXP's MEMS sensors business

• TrustMotion

  Acquirer And Corporate Parent - TrustMotion is linked by an acquisition with NXP Semiconductors.

• NVIDIA

  Robotics Safety Collaborator - NXP and NVIDIA collaborate on functional-safety concepts for robotics platforms.

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• Embedded control semiconductor supplier - Peer Group
• AI compute component supplier - Stack Layer