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SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) today announced it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Taalas, a pioneer in specialized AI inference silicon. As AI inference becomes one of the fastest-growing segments of the AI market and workloads become increasingly specialized, the acquisition strengthens AMD's long-term AI roadmap with differentiated inference technology and world-class engineering expertise.