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- AMD's Hector Ruiz facing down the unmentionable
- AMD's Hector Ruiz facing down the unmentionableHealthy CompetitionCongrats AMD for Launching Barcelona!We all know that it is because of you that we are getting prices competitive !Imagine, if it was only one chip maker in the world! we always support you.RE: AMD's Hector Ruiz facing down the unmentionableI repair computers...
- Tags: Processors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Hector Ruiz
- Discussion threads 2007-09-11
- AMD's Hector Ruiz facing down the unmentionable
- Prior to AMD's Barcelona/Quad-Core Opteron processor launch event this evening in San Francisco, I lunched, along with fellow journalists, with company Chairman and CEO Hector Ruiz and Randy Allen, corporate vice president of AMD’s Server and Workstation division. What stood out for me was AMD's psychic battle--living...
- Tags: Quad-core, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Hector Ruiz, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2007-09-10
- Warning signals tough going for AMD
- Advanced Micro Devices is learning that growing up is sometimes hard. The company said today that it has had difficulty reacting to a slowdown in purchases from its PC maker customers during the early part of the first quarter. Thus it has lowered its revenue expectation for the period. AMD...
- Tags: dual-core processors, processor price cuts, quad-core processors, consumer electronics, Hewlett-Packard, semiconductors, multicore processors, notebooks, Dell, Semiconductor architecture, Desktops, AMD, Servers, Uncategorized, Intel
- Blog posts 2007-03-05
- OracleWorld: Dell and AMD getting cozy
- AMD CEO Hector Ruiz kicked of the morning OracleWorld keynotes, telling the crowd of over 40,000 that power is being transferred from the vendor to the customer. It was a coded message. His more direct message is that users have choice: AMD or Intel. "Real choice should empower you," Ruiz...
- Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Hector Ruiz
- Blog posts 2006-10-23
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- Ruiz resigns as GlobalFoundries chairman; no mention of insider trading scandal
- Former AMD CEO Hector Ruiz steps down as chairman of GlobalFoundries, a spin-off of AMD. Ruiz is reportedly the source of a leak of confidential information in the Galleon Group insider trading scandal. by Sam Diaz
- Tags: Insider, Chairman, Scandal, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Ruiz, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-11-02
- WSJ: AMD's former CEO was a Galleon tipster
- The Galleon Group insider trading scandal continues to net some big technology fish. And the Wall Street Journal is reporting that former AMD CEO Hector Ruiz leaked confidential information to Galleon. by Larry Dignan
- Tags: Wall Street Journal, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., CEO, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-27
- Tech execs lobby against foreign tax changes; ask for more foreign workers
- Executives from Intel, AMD and other tech companies were in Washington today, lobbying against policy changes related to taxes on overseas profits and calling for more visas to bring skilled workers to the U.S., according to a Reuters report. President Obama pledged last month to end tax breaks for companies...
- Tags: U.S., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Worker, Intel Corp., Taxes, Free Trade, Personal Finance, Financial Planning, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-03-11
- AMD's new dawn: 'Tickled pink' about GlobalFoundries deal; Challenges remain
- AMD has closed the spin-off of its manufacturing assets, received a much needed cash injection, created product lineup that is competitive and set course for a more focused future. These moves, however, come amid a sharp decline in PC and server demand. Where is AMD headed? For...
- Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., GlobalFoundries, Nehalem, Manufacturing, Litigation, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-03-09
- AMD posts 9th straight loss; reveals Intel concerns about planned spin-off
- Silicon Valley chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices reported a fourth quarter net loss of $1.4 billion, or $2.34 per share, on revenue of $1.16 billion, a 33 percent drop from the same quarter a year ago. For the year, the company reported a net loss of $3.1 billion on revenue of...
- Tags: Revenue, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Operational Accounting, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Finance, Hardware, Networking, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-01-22
- Intel cuts prices by up to 48 percent
- Intel cuts prices by up to 48 percentAMD processors...still have nothing on Intel processors... a quick google and few benchmarks of their Phenom II line will confirm that... but it is good that they have gained ground...because it has only made intel processors cheaper... =DRE: Intel cuts prices by up...
- Tags: Intel Corp., processor
- Discussion threads 2009-01-20
- AMD announces layoffs, salary cuts
- Silicon Valley chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices will eliminate 1,100 jobs - roughly 9 percent of its workforce - in the first quarter, according to a report on Marketwatch. The company also said it will suspend its 401k match for employees and that executive chairman Hector Ruiz and CEO Dirk Meyer...
- Tags: Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-01-16
- AMD introduces 45nm quad-core "Shanghai" Opteron processors
- AMD introduces 45nm quad-core "Shanghai" Opteron processorsAnd what's your opinion?In the past you have been harsh with AMD, and it might have been for good reasons. However, you do not tell us what's your opinion of Shanghai. Will it allow AMD to compete better with Intel or not? What's your...
- Tags: Processors, quad-core, AMD Opteron, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., processor
- Discussion threads 2008-11-13
- AMD: Does the resurrection start with 'Shanghai'?
- AMD on Thursday launched its Shanghai processor family--the successor to the much maligned Barcelona. The goal: Close the gap on server chips with Intel. The challenge: Convincing customers, shareholders and others in the peanut gallery that a turnaround at AMD is underway. Later today, AMD will try...
- Tags: Shanghai, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Meyer, Asset Management, Manufacturing, Balance Sheets, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Finance, Hardware, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- Sun feels imapct of slowing economy; warns for Q1
- Sun feels imapct of slowing economy; warns for Q1One year chart - painfulIt's very close to the price before the 1 for 4 reverse split a year ago. They've shed 3/4 of their market cap in the past year.Chart it from Jan 2007. Bring in Hector!Hey isn't Hector...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., slowing economy
- Discussion threads 2008-10-21
- AMD finally announces "asset-smart" plan; new Foundry Company created
- AMD and a technology investment company backed by the government of Abu Dhabi have established a new semiconductor company that will manufacture AMD's advanced processors. The new company--currently known as "The Foundry Company"--will take over all of AMD's existing manufacturing facilities, including the two leading-edge fabs in Dresden, Germany, and...
- Tags: Asset, Foundry Networks Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Manufacturing, Semiconductors, Government, Hardware, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- AMD CEO Ruiz out; Can Meyer turn it around?
- AMD CEO Ruiz out; Can Meyer turn it around?A healthy AMD means more innovation and lower prices for processors.Let's not forget that. And, let us not forget the anticompetitive practices which have gotten Intel into hot water in Europe. What AMD has done is nothing short of a miracle considering.RE:...
- Tags: Research & Development, Leadership, Strategy, Litigation, Investment, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Meyer, Ruiz, miracle
- Discussion threads 2008-07-17
- AMD CEO Ruiz out; Can Meyer turn it around?
- Updated: AMD CEO Hector Ruiz has stepped down and the chipmaker has named chief operating officer Dirk Meyer as its new leader. The news comes amid the latest financial miss for AMD--a second quarter loss that missed estimates by a wide margin. Meyer's job: Restore credibility. According...
- Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Meyer, Product Momentum, Asset Management, Research & Development, Processors, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-17
- AMD still mum on its 'asset smart' strategy
- The wait for AMD to outline its so-called "asset smart" strategy continues. AMD CEO Hector Ruiz in his annual shareholder meeting address failed to add any more detail about its manufacturing strategy going forward. AMD outlined its new server roadmap on Wednesday. In many respects, Ruiz...
- Tags: Asset, Shareholder, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Strategy, Asset Management, Financial Accounting, Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- AMD's new roadmap: Can it execute?
- AMD's new roadmap: Can it execute?Is "asset smart" the new term for "fabless"?Is the term "asset smart" another way of saying, "Fabless"? I mean, "Fabless" does have a negative connotation to it. "Asset Smart" sounds new and fresh and exciting. I like it !!! Perhaps it means...
- Tags: Video cards, Semiconductors, Processors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., graphics, chip, Intel Corp., graphics chip, new roadmap, Puma, asset
- Discussion threads 2008-05-08
- AMD's new roadmap: Can it execute?
- AMD has revamped its server processor roadmap with plans to jump to six and then 12 cores in the first half of 2010, but the larger question is whether the company can actually deliver. Given that AMD has had a hard time delivering its quad-core chips and...
- Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Asset Management, Manufacturing, Processors, Strategy, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
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