AMD agrees to buy Xilinx for $35 billion

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Both firms expect the deal to close at the end of 2021

AMD announced on Tuesday that it has agreed to buy rival chip maker Xilinx Inc in a $35 billion all-stock deal. As part of the deal, Xilinx shareholders will own about 26 per cent of the combine...

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