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		hehetrthrthrjn on Oct 27, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AMD to Acquire Xilinx It may have been Xilinx not wanting to get into bed with Intel. Xilinx may have wanted a degree of technical independence or freedom to carry out their own strategy that was not forthcoming from Intel.

saagarjha on Oct 27, 2020 | [–]

Wonder what AMD told them.

dbcooper on Oct 27, 2020 | | [–]

"We will use TSMC."

rjsw on Oct 27, 2020 | [–]

Probably worth looking at where the different FPGA brands were being fabbed. Xilinx is a better fit to AMD.

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