AMD Reportedly In Talks To Acquire Xilinx

The latest M&A chip talk is that AMD is reportedly in advanced talks to buy Xilinx. According to the Wall Street Journal, AMD has been looking to court Xilinx for more than $30 billion USD.
Xilinx is known for their FPGAs and AMD acquiring them could help them in more areas compete against Intel. It's also at a time the chip industry has been consolidating especially with NVIDIA courting Arm.
The WSJ notes a deal between AMD and Xilinx could be announced as soon as next week. Interesting times ahead...
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