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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | yesterday
... month replaced Hector Ruiz, who had been running AMD for six years, with a new chief executive, Dirk Meyer.The details of Intel's microprocessor architecture are always highly technical. But they're also closely watched because of the ubiquity of Intel's chips in personal computers and corporate servers.One of the most significant changes was already known. Intel now plans to build...
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | yesterday
It might be a partnership with IBM or TSMC or it might be an outright sale of their manufacturing." Executive chairman Hector Ruiz, who led AMD as its chief executive for more than six years and stepped aside in mid-July to hand the reins to Dirk Meyer, is driving the plan to completion and has repeatedly promised answers by the end of the year.
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Physorg (Free subscription) | yesterday
... month replaced Hector Ruiz, who had been running AMD for six years, with a new chief executive, Dirk Meyer. The details of Intel's microprocessor architecture are always highly technical. But they're also closely watched because of the ubiquity of Intel's chips in personal computers and corporate servers. One of the most significant changes was already known. Intel now plans to build...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
... month replaced Hector Ruiz, who had been running AMD for six years, with a new chief executive, Dirk Meyer.The details of Intel's microprocessor architecture are always highly technical. But they're also closely watched because of the ubiquity of Intel's chips in personal computers and corporate servers.One of the most significant changes was already known. Intel now plans to build...
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Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
... as it tries to climb out of a deep financial hole under the leadership of a new chief executive, Dirk Meyer.Ironically, Intel's new "Nehalem" design relies on a key feature that AMD introduced in 2003. The innovation produced a more powerful and energy-efficient server chip called Opteron, but whatever advantage AMD gained with that breakthrough has been eroded by series of missteps...
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Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008
Ron Haruni submits: As reported on Monday by the news site tgdaily , the word is that Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) might be split into two entities — Asset Light and Asset Smart. One entity will be led by the new CEO Dirk Meyer, who will succeed Hector Ruiz as AMD’s chief executive, and the other one will focus on the development of chip technologies and a manufacturing arm that will...
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
... quarterly loss and led the company's board to oust Hector de Ruiz as chief executive and install Dirk Meyer, an engineering executive who has served as president since 2006. With its latest graphics card, AMD is hoping to help put the criticism surrounding its ATI acquisition to rest. The ATI Radeon HD 4800 X2 Series is intended for computer systems that need constantly updated graphics,...
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InformationWeek - All Stories (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
... who led AMD as its CEO for more than six years and stepped aside in mid-July to hand the reins to Dirk Meyer, is driving the plan to completion and has repeatedly promised answers by the end of the year.Shares of AMD have slumped from more than $40 a share in March 2006 to a little more than $5 today. Those of Intel now trade at about $24, versus a over $20 in March 2006.Certainly,...
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Information Week (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
... who led AMD as its CEO for more than six years and stepped aside in mid-July to hand the reins to Dirk Meyer, is driving the plan to completion and has repeatedly promised answers by the end of the year.Shares of AMD have slumped from more than $40 a share in March 2006 to a little more than $5 today. Those of Intel now trade at about $24, versus a over $20 in March 2006.Certainly,...
