AMD MAY MAKE A BUYOUT OFFER FOR SEMICONDUCTOR COMPANY XILINX — IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STOCK MARKET INVESTORS?
There are rumors that AMD (AMD) will buy Xilinx (XLNX). For AMD it makes sense for the following reasons: AMD is primarily in FPGA business. XLNX competes with Intel’s (INTC) FPGA business. Long time subscribers may recall that INTC bought ALTR. At that time ALTR was the prime competitor of XLNX. AMD competes with INTC. It is