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- 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
- Dirk Meyer, the man to watch at AMD
- Dirk Meyer, the man to watch at AMDRuiz is fine, they need product developement disciplineThe article brings up god points about Ruiz. He is a business man and had done well for AMD. What AMD needs is product development leadership that enforces discipline. Dirk may be the guy to do...
- Tags: Leadership, Strategy, Processors, repercussion, industry, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Ruiz, Meyer
- Discussion threads 2008-01-03
- 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
- AMD's Ruiz and Dell, together at last
- AMD's Ruiz and Dell, together at lastI need SUN give us choiceLike most of us in here, I manage huge server farms and the person that specifically approves all server hardware purchases.I would like to buy SUN servers but they are all AMD and therefore decline since they offer no...
- Tags: Servers, Processors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Dell Computer Corp., AMD Opteron, Ruiz, server, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-10-23
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- 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
- Asset smart? AMD moves manufacturing off its balance sheet; Bolsters capital
- AMD said Tuesday that it will split off its manufacturing operations in a deal with the Advanced Technology Investment Company of Abu Dhabi. AMD will also receive a capital infusion from Mubadala Development Company, which will wind up owning more than 19 percent of Intel's smaller rival. ...
- Tags: Asset, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., ATIC, Manufacturing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- IT failures roundup: Airports; jail system; angry travellers
- To describe more failures than one lone blogger could possibly investigate himself, here's a new type of post: the IT failures roundup. I'll periodically report on interesting failures using a brief, overview format. JFK airport baggage handling system goes down. American Airlines scored...
- Tags: Software, Information Technology, Failure, Tools & Techniques, Productivity, Networking, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-08-01
- News to know: Google, Microsoft; AMD; Cybercrime arrest
- Notable headlines: Earnings wrap: Larry Dignan: Can Dirk Meyer save AMD? News.com: AMD's Ruiz steps off the roller coaster Google earnings fall short; says it can thrive in down economy. Techmeme Sam Diaz: IBM: Big Blue beats expectations Microsoft: $60 billion...
- Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., IBM Corp., Keyboards, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Asset Management, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Peripherals, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Components, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-18
- 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
- The open source link of AMD and Nvidia
- About a week ago I got an e-mail asking me to comment on rumors that Nvidia might buy AMD. A research company had floated this trial balloon, hoping it might ease out AMD CEO Hector Ruiz. Yesterday, however, came some news relevant to this...
- Tags: Open Source, NVidia Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Announcement, Chip, Moore, Semiconductors, Manufacturing, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-02-22
- AMD: Is the worst over?
- AMD fumbled the Barcelona launch, lost $1.77 billion in its fourth quarter and has a bandwagon of doubters. But there are a bevy of reasons to be cautiously optimistic following AMD's latest checkup. First let's get the bad stuff out of the way. AMD lost money by...
- Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Mergers & Acquisitions, Processors, Servers, Investment, Finance, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-01-18
- My 2007 predictions - wrong, wrong, and wrong
- My 2007 predictions - wrong, wrong, and wrongSolaris communitySo, like what[b]EVER[/b]. It's another Unix. Do what you like under the hood, and to the extent that it's not compatible people have finally learned not to go near it.Sun spent twenty years trying to position itself as "not like...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, Xmas Gift, attendant, Linux
- Discussion threads 2007-12-14
- AMD: Is the glass half full--or empty?
- AMD CFO Bob Rivet said Thursday that the chipmaker will cut capital expenditures, hold the line on R&D costs and turn a profit in 2008. It was a part of an overall AMD theme today. The message: Focus on the future, not the quad-core missteps of 2007. "We will...
- Tags: Quad-core, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-12-13
- Michael Dell promises 'Greenprint' reference architecture
- Michael Dell used his keynote at Oracle OpenWorld for product promotion and teased the audience with a "green" reference architecture. "In the next year Dell will introduce a reference architecture--the Greenprint (not to be confused with GreenPrint, a software provider that lets users manipulate documents in a print preview mode...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Tablets, Blade Servers, Notebooks, Virtualization, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2007-11-14
- Intel CEO Paul Otellini woos the Oracle crowd
- Intel CEO Paul Otellini went highbrow in his keynote slot at Oracle OpenWorld, invoking American architectural icon Frank Lloyd Wright. He was preceded yesterday by rival AMD's CEO Hector Ruiz, who chatted with partners during his keynote see below. Both essentially gave promotional talks, which they...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Paul Otellini, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Data Centers, Corporate Communications, Storage, Semiconductors, Processors, Hardware, Data Management, Marketing, Components, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2007-11-13
- Oracle OpenWorld: AMD CEO touts virtues of virtualization
- At Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco Monday, AMD CEO Hector Ruiz discusses the benefits of virtualization technology in addressing the challenges of efficient energy and affordable Internet access.
- Tags: Oracle Open World, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., CEO, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage
- Videos 2007-11-12
- 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
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