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With an amount of $50billion, amd completed the acquisition of Xilinx

2022-07-02 05:25:00 【Little monster, it's me】

After a year and a half ,AMD stay 2022 year 2 month 14 It was officially announced on the official website that the sale of Xilinx was completed by means of full share trading （Xilinx） Acquisition .

With the global FPGA Xilinx, the largest brand, is under its control , This is an old semiconductor designer specializing in microprocessors AMD The territory of will also be further expanded ,1+1>2 The effect of is also about to appear , It can provide not only CPU、GPU and FPGA Various types of computing devices , It can also be designed by two companies IP Build unique solutions , Further expand its influence in the data center .

AMD vs Sarinx , competition vs complementary

Looking back on this acquisition , As early as 2020 year 10 month 27 Announced Wednesday , Finally in the 2022 year 2 month 14 Valentine's day comes to a successful conclusion . And NVIDIA announced its annexation not long ago ARM The failure cases form a sharp contrast .

AMD This family was founded in 1969 An old semiconductor company in , I think everyone is not new . In the notebook 、 Desktop and server processor markets , You can see it everywhere . at present , It is also in addition to Intel , maximal x86 ARCHITECTURE MICROPROCESSOR vendor .

AMD The main business includes selling for clients PC And the server CPU、 For clients PC and HPC/ Graphics processors in data centers 、 Semi customized production systems for game consoles and embedded applications for the automotive and entertainment industries SoC.

At the beginning of this month ,AMD published 2021 The annual financial report shows that ,2021 The annual turnover is 164 Billion dollars , The operating income is 36 Billion dollars , Net income is 32 Billion dollars . Not GAAP The operating income is 41 Billion dollars , Net income is 34 Billion dollars . Among them, the main revenue is from the computing and graphics division and enterprises 、 Embedded and semi custom business unit turnover growth .

It was founded on 1984 Xilinx in , It's better than that AMD Younger , But in the FPGA The position of the field is unmatched , I have been with Altera（ stay 2016 Intel in 167 $100 million price acquisition ） And called FPGA “ Two male ”.

What on earth is that FPGA？

FPGA（ Field programmable gate array ,Field Programmable Gate Array）, A kind of developers can realize their desired functions on personal computers in a short time , And a cheap device that can be rewritten many times . It is widely used in flat panel LCD Plasma TV 、 Audio of hard disk video recorder and other equipment / In visual related products , At the same time 5G、AI、 Autopilot 、 The continuous emergence of application needs such as data centers ,FPGA In the computer 、 Mobile base stations and communication infrastructure related devices are also becoming more and more common .

As FPGA A leader in the field , Salins owns in AI、 The Internet 、 Analysis and video transcoding are very mature acceleration software stack , At the same time in Aerospace 、 analysis 、 Artificial intelligence reasoning 、 automobile 、 signal communication 、 Data Center 、HPC、 Industry and many other vertical fields also have sufficient strength .

As a whole ,AMD Our products are rarely related to Xilinx Product overlap . But little doesn't mean no , In some industries ,AMD A high performance CPU or GPU And Xilinx Of FPGA Or special ASIC Will form a competitive relationship . however , in the majority of cases ,AMD Of CPU and Xilinx chip / Software can complement each other in a system .

Simple view , Now the combination of the two , Allowing AMD Put your own IP And solutions into the embedded market where Xilinx excels , At the same time, Salins is FPGA The advantage of level also makes AMD be a tiger with wings added . Now? AMD Can provide CPU、GPU、FPGA And adaptive SoC, Its business platform can become more competitive .

Under the global chip giant M & a boom ,AMD The success of the

It is reported that ,AMD stay 2020 It was announced in 350 Buy Xilinx for $100 million . In the last year , With AMD The rise in share prices , The transaction value also rises , The value of this transaction is about 500 Billion dollars . however ,AMD This acquisition is in the form of an all share transaction , Many people also joked ,AMD Without spending a cent in cash, he took Salins .

According to the AMD Official disclosure ：

Through significantly expanded scale and leading Computing 、 Graphics and adaptive SoC Product portfolio , It has created a leader in high-performance and adaptive computing in the industry .AMD It is expected that the acquisition will increase the number of non employees in the first year GAAP The profit margin 、 Not GAAP Earnings per share and free cash flow .

Future plans

Since then ,FPGA The heroes in the field gradually fade out of the public view . and AMD What expectations will the acquisition of Xilinx bring to us ？

Regarding this ,AMD Dr. Su Zifeng, President and CEO （Dr. Lisa Su） Express ：“ The acquisition of Xilinx will be a series of highly complementary products 、 Customers and markets , And differentiated IP Together with world-class talents , Build us into a leader in high-performance and adaptive computing in the industry . Xilinx is leading FPGA、 The adaptive SoC、 AI engines and software expertise will empower AMD, bring Powerful combination of high-performance and adaptive computing solutions , And help us in the foreseeable future 1350 Billion dollars of Cloud Computing 、 Greater share of market opportunities in edge computing and intelligent devices .”

After acquisition , Former CEO of Xilinx Victor Peng Will join AMD, Served as the newly established adaptive and embedded computing division (AECG) President .

Victor Peng Express ：“ Fast growing connectivity devices and data intensive applications of embedded artificial intelligence , Driving the growing demand for efficient and adaptive high-performance computing solutions .AMD The combination with Xilinx , Will provide a very comprehensive portfolio of adaptive computing platforms , Provide power for a wide range of Intelligent Applications , Thus accelerating our ability to define a new era of Computing .”

Upon completion of the acquisition , The shareholders of Xilinx will exchange each ordinary share of Xilinx for 1.7234 stocks AMD common stock . Xilinx common stock will no longer be listed on the Nasdaq stock market .

meanwhile , Many foreign media speculate , stay AMD On 2006 Annual acquisition ATI Technologies after , The company used 5 It took years to build its first accelerated processing unit （ These include AMD Of x86 Kernel and ATI Of GPU）. This time, ,AMD Signed a long-term development agreement with Xilinx , Cooperation can take place even before regulators approve the transaction .AMD-Xilinx Will bring us something , Although unknown , But it is also reasonable to expect the new processor to have AMD Of x86 Kernel and Xilinx Programmable engine .

Besides , stay AMD CEO Lisa Su Doctors accept analysts Patrick Moorhead Revealed in the interview ,“AMD The first processor combined with Xilinx technology will be 2023 It came out in .”

But now , Integrate Xilinx into AMD Technical products , And it will take some time to build platform products that include the hardware of the two companies , But even a journey of a thousand miles , Now the first step has been achieved , Will the future be far away ？