AMD Announced the Acquisition of Xilinx for $35 Billion

Last updated June 20, 2021
Written by:
Bill Toulas
Bill Toulas
Cybersecurity Journalist

AMD has announced the strategic acquisition of Xilinx, a world-class provider of adaptive computing and innovative cloud solutions. Xilinx is the inventor of the FPGA (field-programmable gate array) and Adaptive SoCs (systems on a chip), so versatility in large-scale deployment is what characterizes them best.

AMD has moved forward with the particular acquisition that will unlock their high-performance computing prospects for them, combining CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs, and Adaptive SoCs under a unified software layer. AMD is already having a strong presence in the data center, gaming, and PC areas, and with Xilinx, the company will be able to dive deeper into the communications, automotive, industrial, aerospace, and defense fields.

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Source: AMD

AMD President and CEO Dr. Lisa Su said:

Our acquisition of Xilinx marks the next leg in our journey to establish AMD as the industry’s high-performance computing leader and partner of choice for the largest and most important technology companies in the world. This is truly a compelling combination that will create significant value for all stakeholders, including AMD and Xilinx shareholders who will benefit from the future growth and upside potential of the combined company. The Xilinx team is one of the strongest in the industry and we are thrilled to welcome them to the AMD family. By combining our world-class engineering teams and deep domain expertise, we will create an industry leader with the vision, talent, and scale to define the future of high-performance computing.

Xilinx will bring 13,000 engineers and over $2.7 billion of annual R&D investment onto AMD, so a very strong move will take place in the tech field. The Boards of Directors have already approved the two firms’ acquisition, but the shareholders will also have to give their approval.

Finally, regulatory checks and approvals are also going to take place as required by law, so if everything goes well, the transaction will be concluded by the end of 2021.

Source: AMD

AMD is betting on an explosion of synergies now, mentioning the figure of $300 million following the 18 months after the transaction goes through. The chipmaker’s portfolio will be extended greatly, and so will the revenue generation potential - and this is reflected in the acquisition cost. Remember, the amount is very close to what NVIDIA agreed to pay for the acquisition of Arm, and it’s reflective of the gravity of this agreement.

Source: AMD

The Q3 2020 results that AMD announced today show a very positive picture of the company’s financial status, both on the quarter over quarter and on the year over year figures. AMD’s revenue was up by 56% compared to last year, and the net income rose from $120 million last year to $390 million this year. The firm just launched the Ryzen 5000 Series desktop processors based on the new “Zen 3” core architecture, which appears to beat Intel’s Core-i9 offerings, so everything is going amazingly well for them right now.



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