U.S. smartphone chipmaker Qualcomm has offered to buy NXP Semiconductors without some of its patents in a bid to win EU antitrust regulatory approval for the $38 billion deal, two people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
The NXP deal, the biggest-ever in the semiconductor industry, would make Qualcomm (QCOM, +1.34%) the leading supplier to the fast-growing automotive chips market.
