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Supplemental Financial Information (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Disaggregation of Revenue | The following table presents revenue disaggregated by sales channel:
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Distributors | 4,720 |  |  | 4,409 |  |  | 4,891 |
Original Equipment Manufacturers and Electronic Manufacturing Services | 3,728 |  |  | 4,352 |  |  | 4,229 |
Other 1) | 164 |  |  | 116 |  |  | 287 |
Total | 8,612 |  |  | 8,877 |  |  | 9,407 |
1)Prior year information has been reclassified to align with NXP's current year presentation.
Schedule of Depreciation, Amortization and Impairment | Depreciation and amortization, including impairment charges, are as follows:
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment | 547 |  |  | 518 |  |  | 478 |
Amortization of internal use software | 6 |  |  | 8 |  |  | 8 |
Amortization of other identified intangible assets (*) | 1,435 |  |  | 1,521 |  |  | 1,501 |
| 1,988 |  |  | 2,047 |  |  | 1,987 |
(*) For the period ending December 31, 2020, the amount includes an impairment relative to IPR&D acquired as part of the acquisition of Freescale for an amount of $36 million.
Schedule of Other Income (Expense) | The following table presents the split of other income (expense):
| 2020 | 2019 | 2018
Result from MSA and TSA arrangements | — |  | — |  | — |
Other, net | 114 |  | 25 |  | 2,001 |
Total | 114 |  | 25 |  | 2,001 |
Schedule of Financial Income and Expense |
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Interest income | 13 |  |  | 57 |  |  | 48 |
Interest expense | (362) |  |  | (370) |  |  | (273) |
Total interest expense, net | (349) |  |  | (313) |  |  | (225) |
Net gain (loss) on extinguishment of debt | (60) |  |  | (11) |  |  | (26) |
Foreign exchange rate results | (16) |  |  | (15) |  |  | (14) |
Miscellaneous financing income (expense) and other, net (*) | 8 |  |  | (11) |  |  | (70) |
Total other financial income (expense) | (68) |  |  | (37) |  |  | (110) |
Total | (417) |  |  | (350) |  |  | (335) |
(*) For the period ending December 31, 2018, the amount includes one-time charges ($60 million) on certain financial instruments for compensation related to an adjustment event required by the termination of the Qualcomm Purchase Agreement.
Marketable Securities | At December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the total carrying value of investments in equity securities is summarized as follows:
| 2020 |  | 2019
Marketable equity securities | 19 |  |  | 1 |
Non-marketable equity securities | 40 |  |  | 25 |
Equity-accounted investments | 61 |  |  | 11 |
| 120 |  |  | 37 |
Summary of Carrying Value of Investments in Equity-Accounted Investees | The total carrying value of investments in equity-accounted investees is summarized as follows:
|  | 2020 |  | 2019
|  | Shareholding % |  | Amount |  | Shareholding % |  | Amount
Wise Road Industry Investment Fund I, L.P. |  | 10.17 | % |  | 29 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Others |  | — |  |  | 32 |  |  | — |  |  | 11 |
|  |  |  | 61 |  |  |  |  | 11 |
Results Relating to Equity-Accounted Investees | Results related to equity-accounted investees at the end of each period were as follows:
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Company’s share in income (loss) | (4) |  |  | (2) |  |  | 7 |
Other results | — |  |  | 3 |  |  | 52 |
| (4) |  |  | 1 |  |  | 59 |

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