The almighty Qualcomm, main supplier of chips and essential part in the development of different electronic devices for companies such as Apple and Samsung, among others, could be in negotiations for the acquisition from one of the most powerful semiconductor companies in the world, NXP Semiconductors (Next eXperience).
This company, in turn, took over the American company Freescale Semiconductor Inc. at the beginning of last year, for a total sum of about $ 17.600 billion. Since then is considered one of the most important in the sector, together with Texas Instrument.
Qualcomm, an American company founded in 1985, is known for being the largest provider of companies in the mobile sectoras Samsung, Huawei, LG, Sony or Apple, which supplies the processors that make up each and every one of its devices.
The company is in negotiations to buy NXP Semiconductors, for worth more than $ 30.000 billion, as published by the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal.
If an agreement were to be produced between the two companies, we would be facing an unprecedented merger.
It is estimated that the agreement between both companies could be reached in two or three months. NXP Semiconductors was born in 2006, the result of the division of the semiconductor department of the Dutch company Philips.
Officially, none of the companies wanted to make statements about the possible acquisition. However, the stock market is beginning to notice the effects of this rumor. Yesterday, the shares of the European company soared 19%, reaching a value of about $ 98 per share.
those of Qualcomm they also suffered an increase of around 9%, standing at around $ 69 per share. It is estimated that currently Qualcomm it may be valued at around $ 93.000 billion.
This union could affect very positively to companies involved in the sector such as Apple, thanks to the good collaboration that it maintains with the North American manufacturer.