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From the News Desk
Tuesday, 15. April 2008
AMD Technology Chief Says Goodbye
The chip maker Advanced Micro Devices, which is struggling to reverse a string of quarterly losses, recently said that its technology chief, Phillip D. Hester, is leaving, becoming the third senior executive to depart in less than a year. In addition, the company said that it will not replace Hester and instead his responsibilities will be spread among the others five CTOs of AMD’s business units.
Phil Hester, who is 52 years old, has worked 23 years for IBM, before joining AMD in 2005. Hester was in charge of the overall technical direction of AMD, as well as establishing the processes for recruiting, retaining, and promoting engineers, a company spokesman said. On the technical side, Hester was in charge of bringing AMD's next-generation microprocessor, called Fusion, to market in the second half of next year.
Fusion processors are scheduled to be launched in late 2008/early 2009, and the company expects to use them within all of the company’s priority computing categories, including laptops, desktops, workstations and servers, as well as in consumer electronics and solutions tailored for the unique needs of emerging markets. Mike Uhler, former CTO of chipmaker MIPS Technologies and VP of accelerated computing at AMD, who joined the company last year, will be responsible for the further development of Fusion. He will report directly to company President Dirk Meyer.
AMD’s pace of chip development fell behind Intel’s last year, contributing to five consecutive quarterly losses and a 63 percent slide in the stock in 2007. Henri Richard, the sales chief, left in September and David E. Orton, head of the graphic unit, left in July.
Phil Hester, who is 52 years old, has worked 23 years for IBM, before joining AMD in 2005. Hester was in charge of the overall technical direction of AMD, as well as establishing the processes for recruiting, retaining, and promoting engineers, a company spokesman said. On the technical side, Hester was in charge of bringing AMD's next-generation microprocessor, called Fusion, to market in the second half of next year.
Fusion processors are scheduled to be launched in late 2008/early 2009, and the company expects to use them within all of the company’s priority computing categories, including laptops, desktops, workstations and servers, as well as in consumer electronics and solutions tailored for the unique needs of emerging markets. Mike Uhler, former CTO of chipmaker MIPS Technologies and VP of accelerated computing at AMD, who joined the company last year, will be responsible for the further development of Fusion. He will report directly to company President Dirk Meyer.
AMD’s pace of chip development fell behind Intel’s last year, contributing to five consecutive quarterly losses and a 63 percent slide in the stock in 2007. Henri Richard, the sales chief, left in September and David E. Orton, head of the graphic unit, left in July.
