NXP Semiconductors Acquires Aviva Links to Advance Intelligent Connectivity Industry

NXP Semiconductors N.V. announced on December 17 that it has successfully acquired Aviva Links, a provider of Automotive SerDes Alliance (ASA)-compliant in-vehicle connectivity solutions, in an all-cash transaction valued at $242.5 million. With the popularity of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and in-vehicle infotainment systems (IVI), highly asymmetric camera and display networks are required, with high downlink bandwidth and low uplink bandwidth. Aviva Links offers the industry's most advanced ASA-compliant product portfolio, supporting SerDes point-to-point (ASA-ML) and Ethernet-based connections (ASA-MLE) with data rates up to 16 Gbps.