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AMD's $35B FPGA Chip Power Move To Acquire Xilinx Just Cleared All Regulatory Hurdles

There are no more regulatory roadblocks standing in the way of AMD acquiring Xilinx, a powerhouse in field programmable chip array (FPGA) designs, in an all-stock transaction valued at $35 billion.
HotHardware

AMD Primed To Acquire FPGA Chip Powerhouse Xilinx For Over $30 Billion

You would think yesterday's unveiling of Zen 3 would be AMD's biggest news this week, along with a performance tease of its upcoming Radeon RX 6000 series graphics cards. Arguably even bigger, however ...
Engadget

AMD expands its arsenal by snatching up programmable chip maker Xilinx

NVIDIA isn’t the only chip giant making game-changing acquisitions these days. AMD is acquiring chip designer Xilinx for $35 billion in stock to “significantly” expand the range of products it makes ...
The Next Platform

Xilinx Benefits From Intel FPGA Shortages

As AMD is getting closer to closing its $35 billion acquisition of FPGA maker Xilinx, it is natural to think about how well that business is doing and how it is competing against its main rival, Intel ...
EDN

Xilinx says flip-chip snags caused faulty FPGAs

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Xilinx Inc. said it has discovered problems with certain lots of its field-programmable gate array (FPGA) products using flip-chip technology. The parts, including the Virtex-II Pro ...
The Next Platform

What Will AMD Do With Programmable Logic And Other Xilinx IP?

AMD has finished its acquisition of Xilinx, which ended up costing close to $49 billion instead of the original $35 billion projected when the deal was announced in October 2020 thanks to the rise of ...
The Business Journals

Xilinx deal shows AMD is a central force in chip industry once more

Lisa Su, president and chief executive officer of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), speaks during a keynote session at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas on Jan. 9, 2019. With its $35 ...
EDN

Xilinx to Make FPGAs ‘Domain-Specific’

In the programmable logic versus application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) race, customers will soon have another choice. Programmable logic company, Xilinx Inc., today announced a new ...
ZDNet

Programmable chip maker Xilinx acquires C/C++ programming tool provider Silexica

Xilinx, one of the world's biggest programmable chipmakers, announced a new deal to acquire C/C++ programming and analysis tool provider Silexica. Xilinx is still in the midst of its own acquisition ...
The Motley Fool

AMD Taking on Intel on a New Front With Purchase of Chip Designer Xilinx

AMD wouldn't be charting new territory here, but would bolster its portfolio with its smaller peer. So far in 2020, AMD shares are up over 80%. Revenue has surged 33% in the first half of the year ...