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AMD to sell ZT Systems manufacturing business to Sanmina for $3B
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC
- AMD sells ZT Systems' data center infrastructure manufacturing business to Sanmina for $3B in cash and stock, including up to $450M contingent payment.
- Transaction expected to close near end of 2025, subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.
- AMD retains ZT Systems' rack-scale AI design and customer enablement teams to accelerate AI system deployment.
- Sanmina becomes AMD's preferred new product introduction (NPI) manufacturing partner for cloud rack and cluster-scale AI solutions.
- Divestiture aligns with intention announced in August 2024 at the time of the original ZT Systems acquisition.