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AMD completes $3.375B ZT Systems acquisition; sees accretive by end of 2025
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC
- Paid $3.375B cash + ~8.3M AMD shares; contingent consideration up to $300M + 740k shares if conditions met.
- Transaction expected accretive on non-GAAP basis by end of 2025; targets $500B data center AI accelerator market in 2028.
- AMD plans to divest ZT's manufacturing business to strategic partners in 2025; design teams join Data Center Solutions unit.
- ZT CEO Frank Zhang joins AMD as SVP ZT Manufacturing; President Doug Huang as SVP Data Center Platform Engineering.
- ZT's credit facility ($642M) and receivables facility ($850M) remain; no balances drawn at closing.