It’s been confirmed that Qualcomm has agreed to buy NXP Seminconductors in a deal worth $39 billion.
Qualcomm is the largest chip manufacturers for smartphones while NXP is also a huge player in the automotive industry. Last year, NXP bought out Freescale Semiconductors (a rival company that started out as a division of Motorola until it divested in 2003) for $11.8 billion.
With NXP in the fold, Qualcomm is expecting to enter the automotive industry as it diversifies its business.
$39 billion or $47 billion? Source: http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=254228&p=irol-newsArticle&cat=news&id=2216426&ftr=1&subcf=Footer%3A%20NEWS
Inclusive of debt worth $8 billion.