FPGA now means Finally, PRC Grants Approval: China OKs AMD's $35bn Xilinx buy

Chip megadeals have become daunting, with governments looking at transactions suspiciously, though AMD can breathe a sigh of relief: the path to acquire FPGA giant Xilinx is now clearer. The National Anti-Monopoly Policy Bureau of the State Administration for Market Regulation of the People's Republic of China has approved the …

[Tom 38]

hurdles <= hurdles - 1;

Remember to check for integer overflow.

[nintendoeats]

Re: hurdles <= hurdles - 1;

I can't tell if this is a mistake (it should be hurdles <= -1) or the implication is supposed to be that there are always more hurdles.

[Borg.King]

Re: hurdles <= hurdles - 1;

I think this is trying to tell us that there's one less hurdle.

Guess this was written by the same folks who brought us Microsoft's New Year message generator.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: hurdles <= hurdles - 1;

Naw, that's just proper Verilog. <= is the nonblocking assignment operator, which is the right one to use for something like decrementing a register.

[nintendoeats]

Re: hurdles <= hurdles - 1;

Ah, I was bringing my software engineering c-style prejudices with me. Thanks for explaining!