China approves AMD's acquisition of FPGA maker Xilinx, with some conditions

27 January 2022
AMD is gearing up to fight Intel, which acquired Altera a few years ago. 

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  • 31 Jan 2022

Wereweeb, 29 Jan 2022Good. We still need FPGA's and can't do with AMD ... moreThis is certainly a good deal for Chinese cause this way they can get access to ARM technologies. AMD has been a key for Chinese to keep getting access to USA sanctioned technologies meanwhile they start to push their own technologies into market. Since this is quite a good time to get into new architecture due to certain architectures reaching their limits so it will provide new players a decent chance to get traction into the market. It will be a good option to have alternative choices and avoid the US backed bullying in tech space.

    corruption at the highest levels. this gets allowed but not nvidia buying arm? and spare me the excuses.

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      • 29 Jan 2022

      Dumbest explanation of FPGA technology I've ever heard.

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        • 29 Jan 2022

        Good. We still need FPGA's and can't do with AMD cannibalizing Xilinx for their own purposes, no matter how important AMD's existence is to product competition in the CPU/GPU spaces.

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          • 28 Jan 2022

          Mobilemaster, 28 Jan 2022Thanks for the clarification. know about AMD, only Xilinx w... moreits public companies

            kitsune, 28 Jan 2022Xilinx isn't a Chinese company, Neither is AMD: They a... moreThanks for the clarification. know about AMD, only Xilinx was new to me.

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              • 28 Jan 2022

              Mobilemaster, 28 Jan 2022I wonder why Wikipedia doesn't say Xilinx is Chinese c... moreXilinx isn't a Chinese company, Neither is AMD: They are both publicly traded American companies.

              The issue is that when a deal this large happens all regulators(US, EU,UK and China being the most important ones) can raise objection to the deal if it effects their local market, if it does that might stop the deal(if the regulator zone have a significant enough impact on that fields trade) or cause some sanctions on the company if the deal goes through.

              China raised a conditional approval after the EU ,UK and US (and a bunch of other small regulators) have approved it.

                I wonder why Wikipedia doesn't say Xilinx is Chinese company, I mean if it was sold to a Chinese company.

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                  • 28 Jan 2022

                  Anonymous, 28 Jan 2022Do you believe in unicorns as well?So clever go back to reddit

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                    • 28 Jan 2022

                    Anonymous, 28 Jan 2022China has more freedom than USA when it comes selling its o... moreDo you believe in unicorns as well?

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                      • 28 Jan 2022

                      Anonymous, 28 Jan 2022China has more freedom than USA when it comes selling its o... moreThe only downside is that foreign IPs don't get much protection in China hence the rampant "similar" products to already pre-existing products.

                        I don't get it's the same with ARM they're the one who blocked Nvidia's acquisition if ARM and likely to block Samsung's too

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                          • 28 Jan 2022

                          why, 27 Jan 2022Why are you so limited? why can't you think outside of... moreGo wear your tinfoil hat somewhere else

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                            • 28 Jan 2022

                            China has more freedom than USA when it comes selling its own technology companies to foreign companies.

                              AMD done this for Future of more integration Internet of things.

                              One architecture design and few chip choices,,, for many user needs.

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                                • 28 Jan 2022

                                Zero, 27 Jan 2022So... China wants to maintain the access to their code in o... moreThis happened in all country. USA too... Not just China.
                                If some other foreign company want to buy one of the "supply chain" they want to make sure it won't kill their whole industry.

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                                  • 27 Jan 2022

                                  Anonymous, 27 Jan 2022in the whole article there isn't a word that suggests ... moreWhy are you so limited? why can't you think outside of the box and visualize what is covertly being done?

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                                    • 27 Jan 2022

                                    Zero, 27 Jan 2022So... China wants to maintain the access to their code in o... morein the whole article there isn't a word that suggests that yet that's your immediate conclusion. ask yourself why. who tells you that and why you believe everything they tell you.

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                                      • 27 Jan 2022

                                      Zero, 27 Jan 2022So... China wants to maintain the access to their code in o... moreSamsung destroys China asap

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                                        • 27 Jan 2022

                                        So... China wants to maintain the access to their code in order to accept the deal.

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