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China Approves AMD’s $35 Billion Acquisition of Xilinx

  • The watchdog stipulates that AMD must keep supplying China
  • The deal, one of the largest in history, was unveiled in 2020
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Chinese regulators have granted approval for Advanced Micro Devices Inc. to buy Xilinx Inc., clearing the way for one of the largest deals to emerge from the global semiconductor industry.

The State Administration for Market Regulation has cleared the deal with certain conditions, the antitrust watchdog said in a statement. It asked AMD not to discriminate against Chinese clients and to continue supplying Xilinx’s products to the country, after determining the deal could exclude or limit competition. The acquisition had already won the blessing of regulators in the U.S., Europe, and U.K., among other jurisdictions.