 With just one day to go in the year, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. AMD, -2.10 admitted Thursday that its acquisition of fellow semiconductor company Xilinx Inc. XLNX, -1.71 would not close by the end of 2021, but did say it expects the deal to be sealed early in the new year. In a joint, uncredited statement provided to media, the companies said after the market closed Thursday, We continue making good progress on the required regulatory approvals to close our transaction. 