Dirk Meyer

AMD: We Will Hire No CEO Before Its Time

Arik Hesseldahl in News on July 21, 2011 at 4:49 pm PT

Finding the right CEO takes time and can’t be rushed, AMD says. As the search enters its seventh month, investors may start to get impatient.

Still Missing a CEO, AMD Is Hammered on a Downgrade

Arik Hesseldahl in News on July 11, 2011 at 1:44 pm PT

It doesn’t take much to send shares of the chipmaker AMD reeling by more than 2 percent. Today all it took was a downgrade by an analyst.

Big Surprise, Not: AMD Is Having a Hard Time Hiring a New CEO

Arik Hesseldahl in News on June 15, 2011 at 8:35 am PT

Three people approached for the top job at No. 2 chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices have all said no. This is because the troubles at AMD run so deep that there’s little chance for the kind of success a potential CEO would want.

AMD Hires Its New CIO Away From Hewlett-Packard

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on March 21, 2011 at 4:20 pm PT

Intel’s not the only company trying to woo executives away from Hewlett-Packard. Rival AMD just had better luck. Michael Wolf, HP’s VP for Information Technology and former CIO at Freescale, is joining AMD amid its ongoing difficult search for a new CEO.

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AMD's Short-Term Chief Talks Transition, Tablets

Don Clark, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on February 17, 2011 at 3:05 pm PT

Thomas Seifert says he never sought to run Advanced Micro Devices. But while he’s at it, he’s not shy about gloating over the chip maker’s next big product–-and giving clues about AMD’s aims in the mobile market.

The Problem With Those Rumors of an AMD Buyout

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on February 16, 2011 at 7:30 am PT

Rumors are rumors, but the ones that emerged yesterday that chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices is ripe for a buyout don’t take into consideration the numerous complications that stand in the way of such a deal getting done. AMD’s relationship with Intel is a big one.

Another One Down at AMD: COO Rivet Steps Down

John Paczkowski in News on February 9, 2011 at 7:15 am PT

The executive turnover at Advanced Micro Devices continues. Robert Rivet, who has served as the company’s COO since 2000, has left the company, according to an 8-K filing. His last day was yesterday and his executive biography on AMD’s Web site is already returning 404s.

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AMD CEO's Board Fallout

Don Clark and Joann S. Lublin, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on January 12, 2011 at 2:35 pm PT

Advanced Micro Devices Inc.’s board was concerned for nearly a year that Chief Executive Dirk Meyer wasn’t doing enough to get the chip maker into markets for newer mobile devices, according to people familiar with the matter.