AMD In Talks to Buy Chipmaker Xilinx

AMD is in talks to buy chipmaker Xilinx, with a deal possible as early as next week....
AMD In Talks to Buy Chipmaker Xilinx
Written by Matt Milano
  • AMD is in talks to buy chipmaker Xilinx, with a deal possible as early as next week.

    Xilinx is a chipmaker based in San Jose, California, specializing in the programmable chips used in wireless networks. The acquisition, will help AMD better compete with Intel in the datacenter market.

    As Bloomberg points out, Xilinx has historically made chips for the telecommunications industry. In recent years, however, it has been branching out to the datacenter market. This market is a high-profit market that has caught the attention of AMD and Nvidia, a factor in the latter’s acquisition of Mellanox Technologies and potentially Arm.

    Given Intel’s recent supply chain issues, not to mention bugs that have delayed the move to 7nm chips and Zombieland flaws that some experts have deemed “unfixable,” more options would likely be welcomed within the industry.

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