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accession: "0001193125-24-202457"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AMD"
cik: "0000002488"
company_name: "ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC"
filed_at: "2024-08-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T08:44:40.856296+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
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# AMD to acquire ZT Systems for up to $4.9B to expand data center AI systems

## Summary
- AMD signs definitive agreement to acquire ZT Systems for $4.9B: $1.125B in stock (8.34M shares) + $3.375B cash, plus up to $400M contingent.
- Transaction expected to close in H1 2025; accretive on non-GAAP basis by end of 2025.
- ZT Systems brings hyperscale AI infrastructure expertise; AMD plans to seek buyer for ZT's manufacturing business.
- ZT CEO Frank Zhang to lead manufacturing unit; Doug Huang to lead design team after close.
- AMD invested over $1B in AI ecosystem in last 12 months; cites $400B data center AI accelerator TAM by 2027.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-202457
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AMD
- cik: 0000002488
- company_name: ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC
- filed_at: 2024-08-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2488/000119312524202457/0001193125-24-202457-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2488/000119312524202457/d808469d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-202457.txt

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