MWC 2017: An overview of what's going on at Mobile World Congress

Dutch headquartered NXP Semiconductors is typical of the many firms that are now getting more attention as a result of increased interest in embedded computing and the Internet of Things. The company has been around for over 50 years in various forms and includes the acquisition of Philips Semiconductors. NXP recently unveiled with a new family of programmable multi-standard System-on-a-Chip products (SoCs) for multi-access technologies including 5G evolution. The company’s Layerscape Access family targets solutions in wired and wireless enterprise and carrier networks and home gateway markets.