News this morning that AMD has reached an agreement to acquire Xilinx for $35 Billion in stock. The move to gobble up the leading company in the FPGA industry should come as no surprise for many ...

AMD said it has completed its $49 billion acquisition of Xilinx to create the “industry’s high-performance and adaptive computing leader,” marking the largest chip deal in history.

The AMD-Xilinx deal is set to close Feb. 14 after the waiting period expired Wednesday for the company’s pre-merger notification with U.S. regulators. The deal will give the chipmaker a boost in ...

He also noted that early signs for AMD's Xilinx unit appear up double-digits year-over-year, but may be weaker to start the year.