NXP Semiconductors CEO Rick Clemmer said the chip maker has notched design wins for more than 130 handsets and tablets, giving it an “Intel-like” market share for the number of devices being designed with NFC chips.
Clemmer, speaking in a fourth quarter conference call with financial analysts Thursday, confirmed that NFC handset shipments during 2011 were lower than the chip maker had originally projected.
But he said 2012 would be a “very solid year” for NFC business, and the percentage of handsets supporting NFC would be higher than in 2011.