Xilinx working with Barclays to acquire Mellanox, deal could be announced in December, sources say

Xilinx, a $22 billion chipmaker that specializes in a type of chip used in data centers to power search and AI applications, has hired Barclays to advise it on a potential acquisition of Mellanox, which provides other types of gear to data centers. Buying the company would give Xilinx a broader array of products to sell into the data center market.