AMD's largest transaction ever, the successful acquisition of Xilinx with us $35billion

Just when NVIDIA announced its acquisition ARM After failure ,AMD With 350 The US $100 million acquisition of Xilinx was officially settled . stay 2020 year 10 month ,AMD Announced the acquisition of Xilinx ,2021 year 1 month ,AMD Submit an antitrust declaration to the China market supervision administration , After a year ,AMD stay 2022 year 1 month 27 Passed the review on August , And recently announced in 2022 year 2 month 14 The acquisition of Xilinx was completed on the th . This will be AMD The largest transaction in history .

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Although Xilinx is also a semiconductor company , But with AMD Mainly rely on production computers CPU and GPU Different . Xilinx mainly produces programmable semiconductors , Include FPGA（ Thread programmable array ） and ASIC（ Application specific integrated circuits ）. They are mainly used in a wide range of industrial applications , In addition, they are also a key part of modern data centers . These chips will help AMD Expand new chip market .AMD Will use them with their own CPU and GPU Together , Provide customers with more comprehensive solutions , This will become AMD An important part of business .

Salins has one thing to do with AMD Same , Both companies are fabless semiconductor companies . Salins is even one of the first companies to turn to this business model . It means , Xilinx does not produce its own chips . It also means that this acquisition will not make AMD Go back to self-made again CPU and GPU The state of .

AMD The acquisition of Xilinx can help expand the market , Also let AMD With its biggest competitor Intel in FPGA Competitive capital in the field . As early as 2015 Intel bought Xilinx in FPGA The biggest competitor in the field Altera. once AMD The acquisition of Xilinx is completed ,AMD And Intel will compete in a new field . Although it is through the competitive relationship between Xilinx and Altera Compete .

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