Freescale - About the company
Freescale is an acquired company based in Austin (United States), founded in 2004. It operates as an Automotive, IoT, and industrial solutions provider, accelerating breakthroughs for a smarter world. The company has 88 active competitors, including 20 funded and 28 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like AMD, Intel and Texas Instruments.
Company Details
Automotive, IoT, and industrial solutions provider, accelerating breakthroughs for a smarter world. The company focuses on automotive, industrial, and consumer technologies, offering solutions for software-defined vehicles, ADAS, motor control, building and home automation, and mobile devices. They provide technologies like AI/ML, edge computing, functional safety, HMI, security, and wireless connectivity. The business model includes product design, development platforms, and software. They offer design resources, a community forum, and engineering services. The company's solutions enable a better, more sustainable world by anticipating and automating needs. They are committed to diversity, equality, and inclusion, and invest in long-term growth and innovation. The company provides semiconductors, microcontrollers, processors, and wireless MCUs.
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Key Metrics
Founded Year
2004
Location
Austin, United States
Stage
Acquired
Investors
Ranked
15th among 88 active competitors
Employee Count
5,204 as on Jun 30, 2026
Exit Details
Acquired by NXP Semiconductors (Dec 07, 2015)
Legal entities associated with Freescale
Freescale is associated with 1 legal entity given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
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NXP Semiconductors N.V. CIN: 98-1144352 , United States, Active | - | 34200 (As on Dec 31, 2023) | - |
Freescale's acquisition details
Freescale got acquired by NXP Semiconductors on Dec 07, 2015.
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Freescale's funding and investors
Freescale is a funded company. Freescale has 4 institutional investors.
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Freescale's founders and board of directors
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Freescale has 5,204 employees as of Jun 26. Here is Freescale's employee count trend over the years:
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Freescale's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Freescale include AMD, Intel and Texas Instruments. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Freescale, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st |  AMD 1969, Santa Clara (United States), Public | Developer of high-performance central processing units and graphics processing units | - | 77/100 | |
2nd |  Intel 1968, Santa Clara (United States), Public | Provider of semiconductor ICs and microprocessors | - | 76/100 | |
3rd | Texas Instruments 1930, Dallas (United States), Public | Manufacturer of analog and embedded processing chips for various applications | - | 75/100 | |
4th |  Arm 1990, Cambridge (United Kingdom), Public | Provider of energy-efficient, high-performance compute platforms and semiconductor IP | - | 72/100 | |
5th | Rambus 1990, Sunnyvale (United States), Public | Provider of AI-based silicon IP and chip solutions | - | 68/100 | |
6th |  Tsinghua Unigroup 1988, Beijing (China), Acquired | Semiconductor and electronics device manufacturer | $1.46B | 68/100 | |
7th |  STMicroelectronics 1987, Geneva (Switzerland), Public | Manufacturer of semiconductors and related components for various applications globally | - | 67/100 | |
8th |  Ambiq 2010, Austin (United States), Public | Provider of AI-based system-on-chips for IoT applications | $385M | 67/100 | |
9th | Provider of AI-based neural processing unit chipsets | - | 67/100 | ||
10th | Developer of processing acceleration cards for AI, telecom, and storage | $25.9M | 64/100 | ||
15th | Freescale 2004, Austin (United States), Acquired | Automotive, IoT, and industrial solutions provider, accelerating breakthroughs for a smarter world | - | 51/100 |
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Freescale's Investments and acquisitions
Freescale has made 2 investments in companies including Gainspan and Luxtera. Freescale has also acquired 5 companies including Swell Software and Intoto.Here is the list of investments & acquisitions:
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Filter this listDate of Investment/Acquisition | Type | Company Name | Founded Year | Location |
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Dec 31, 2014 | Investments | 2006 | San Jose (United States) | |
Sep 21, 2010 | Acquisition | 1997 | Port Huron (United States) | |
Sep 16, 2008 | Acquisition | 1998 | Santa Clara (United States) |
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Reports related to Freescale
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News related to Freescale
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Global Multichip Module(MCM) Market 2018 – Palomar Technologies(US), Smithsonian Institution(US), Freescale(US)lincolntrailpublishing.com•Jan 21, 2019•Palomar Technologies, Freescale
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Excellent Growth of Home Energy Management Systems Market 2019-2025Digital Journal•Jan 03, 2019•AlertMe, Cisco, Freescale, General Electric
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Global PC Microprocessors Market 2018- Intel, Qualcomm, Samsung, AMD, Freescaletruthweek.com•Aug 07, 2018•Freescale, Intel, Qualcomm, Samsung
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Wearable Sensors Market Research Report Released with Growth 2024thecampingcanuck.com•Jul 19, 2018•Texas Instruments, Kionix, Freescale
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Two Semiconductor Companies You Haven’t Heard Of Are Merging In A $40B DealTechCrunch+•Mar 02, 2015•NXP Semiconductors, Freescale
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Freescale Licenses Synopsys' DesignWare IP Portfolio to Accelerate SoC DesignsSynopsys•Mar 23, 2011•Synopsys, Freescale
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