Items tagged with (nasdaq:xlnx)

by Paul Lilly - Thu, Feb 10, 2022

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. Announced back in October 2020, the deal immediately strengthens AMD's growing product portfolio and comes in the midst... Read more...

by Paul Lilly - Fri, Dec 31, 2021

AMD's $35B Bid For FPGA Juggernaut Xilinx Hits A Small Regulatory Speed Bump

AMD has given its investors a heads up that its planned acquisition of Xilinx, a powerhouse in field-programmable gate array (FPGA) semiconductors, will not be complete by the end of this year as originally anticipated. Apparently it is taking a bit longer to satisfy regulatory concerns, though AMD says it is making... Read more...

by Paul Lilly - Fri, Oct 09, 2020

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, is that AMD is reportedly in talks to acquire Xilinx, a maker of FPGA (field programmable gate array) chips, for... Read more...

by Paul Lilly - Thu, Dec 08, 2016

Chip Partners ARM And TSMC Make 7nm FinFET IP Available For Next Generation SoCs

ARM and TSMC have become quite the duo over the years, combining the latter's cutting-edge process technologies with the former's processor IP. It is a partnership that has been working, hence why the two committed earlier this year to collaborating on a marketable 7nm FinFET chip. The fruits of their efforts have... Read more...