The Company Said the Move Was Aimed at Strengthening Nxp's Offerings as Its Carmaker Customers Increasingly View Software, Rather Than Hardware, as Determining a Vehicle's Design.Amsterdam, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Dutch Computer Chip Maker Nxp Said on Tuesday It Has Agreed to Buy Austria's Tttech Auto for $625 Million, to Strengthen Its Automotive Operations.
阿姆斯特丹，1月7日（路透社）- 荷蘭計算機芯片製造商Nxp週二表示，它已同意以62500萬美元收購奧地利的Tttech Auto，以加強其汽車業務。
Nxp Is the Biggest Maker of Chips for Cars, While Tttech Auto Makes Safety-Focused 'middleware' - Software That Helps a Car's Operating System Integrate With Applications, and Roll Out Updates, While Ensuring That Critical Functions Are Not Affected.
Nxp是汽車芯片的最大製造商，而Tttech Auto則製造專注於安全的"中間件" - 一種幫助汽車操作系統與應用程序集成並推出更新的軟體，同時確保關鍵功能不受影響。
This Acquisition Combines Nxp’s Automotive Portfolio With a Leading Global Player in Safety Software Solutions,” Said Nxp Executive Jens Hinrichsen in a Statement.
Nxp執行官耶恩斯·欣裏希森在一份聲明中表示：「此次收購將Nxp的汽車產品組合與全球領先的安全軟體解決方案提供商相結合。」
The Company Said the Move Was Aimed at Strengthening Nxp's Offerings as Its Carmaker Customers Increasingly View Software, Rather Than Hardware, as Determining a Vehicle's Design.
該公司表示，此舉旨在加強Nxp的產品，以便其汽車製造客戶越來越多地將軟體而不是硬件視爲決定車輛設計的因素。
Hinrichsen, the General Manager of Automotive Embedded Systems at Nxp, Said the Buy Would Help the Company Become the "Leading Provider of Intelligent Edge Systems" in Cars.
Nxp汽車嵌入式系統總經理欣裏希森表示，此次買入將幫助公司成爲汽車"智能邊緣系統的領先供應商"。
If the All-Cash Deal Is Approved, Vienna-Based Tttech, Its Management and 1,100 Employees Will Join Nxp's Automotive Arm.
如果這筆全現金交易獲得批准，位於維也納的Tttech及其管理層和1100名員工將加入Nxp的汽車部門。
(Reporting by Toby Sterling, Editing by Louise Heavens)
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