The State Administration for Market Regulation attached restrictive conditions to approve Chaowei Semiconductor's acquisition of Xilinx

On January 27, the website of the State Administration for Market Regulation reported that the State Administration for Market Regulation received an anti-monopoly declaration for the concentration of undertakings in the case of Chaowei Semiconductor's acquisition of xilinx's equity. After review, the State Administration for Market Regulation decided to attach restrictive conditions to approve the concentration of undertakings. The parties to the transaction and the centralized entities are required to perform the following obligations: when selling Chaowei CPUs, Chaowei GPUs and Xilinx FPGAs to the domestic market in China, they shall not force the tying in any way or attach any other unreasonable trading conditions; shall not hinder or restrict customers from purchasing or using the above products alone; and shall not discriminate against customers who purchase the above products alone in terms of service level, price, software features, etc. Ensure the flexibility and programmability of Xilinx FPGAs, continue to develop and ensure the availability of Xilinx's FPGA product family, and ensure that they are developed in a way that is compatible with ARM-based processors and in line with Xilinx's plans prior to trading.