4. AMD’s Lisa Su
At $49 billion, it’s the largest deal ever in the semiconductor industry. On Monday, the AMD acquisition of Xilinx closed, nearly 16 months after announcing the deal.
Lisa Su, AMD’s CEO, made The Week for her global outlook for semiconductors.
“It’s about a much broader product portfolio,” Su said. “We now have CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs, adaptive SOCs, basic capabilities that can go across the most important markets in the world.”
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