Santa Clara, CA 02/14/2022
AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) announced the completion of its acquisition of Xilinx (NASDAQ: AMD) in an all-stock transaction. The acquisition, announced on October 27, 2020, creates an industry leader in high-performance and adaptive computing with significantly increased scale and a leading portfolio of computing, graphics and adaptive SoC products.
Dr. Lisa Su, AMD's president and chief executive officer, said: "The acquisition of Sellings brings together a highly complementary set of products, customers and markets, as well as differentiated IP and world-class talent to create an industry leader in high-performance and adaptive computing. "Celings' leading FPGA, adaptive SoC, AI engine and software expertise will enable AMD to deliver a super-strong portfolio of high performance and adaptive computing solutions."
Victor Peng said: "The rapidly evolving data-intensive applications of connected devices and embedded artificial intelligence are driving the growing demand for efficient and adaptive high-performance computing solutions. The combination of AMD and Celinth will accelerate our ability to define a new era of computing by providing a very comprehensive portfolio of adaptive computing platforms that power a wide range of intelligent applications."