v3.20.4

Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Schedule of Exchange Rates Used Table | The following table sets out the exchange rates for U.S. dollars into euros applicable for translation of NXP’s financial statements for the periods specified.
| $ per € 1
| period end |  | average(1) |  | high |  | low
Year-ended December 31, 2020 | 1.2280 |  |  | 1.1412 |  |  | 1.0862 |  |  | 1.2280 |
Year-ended December 31, 2019 | 1.1217 |  |  | 1.1210 |  |  | 1.0935 |  |  | 1.1476 |
Year-ended December 31, 2018 | 1.1451 |  |  | 1.1794 |  |  | 1.1352 |  |  | 1.2431 |
(1) The average of the noon-buying rate at the end of each fiscal month during the period presented.
Gross Notional Amounts of Company's Foreign Currency Derivatives by Currency | The gross notional amounts of the Company’s foreign currency derivatives by currency for the years ended December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 were as follows:
| 2020 |  | 2019
Euro | 532 |  |  | 579 |
Chinese renminbi | 150 |  |  | 90 |
Great British pound | 34 |  |  | 22 |
Japanese yen | 21 |  |  | 29 |
Malaysian ringgit | 122 |  |  | 138 |
Singapore dollar | 65 |  |  | 49 |
Swiss franc | 29 |  |  | 28 |
Taiwan dollar | 159 |  |  | 103 |
Thai baht | 104 |  |  | 69 |
Other | 48 |  |  | 41 |

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