6 posts and columns on Hector Ruiz

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

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.
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Replacing Dirk Meyer at AMD Will Be No Easy Task

in Enterprise on January 11, 2011 at 3:00 pm PT

The sudden departure of AMD’s third CEO leaves a big problem in its wake that says more about the state of the company than it does about him.

AMD and the Q4 Temple of Doom

in News on January 23, 2009 at 8:15 am PT

2008 hasn’t quite proven to be the “phenomenal transition year” AMD believed it would be. Despite new leadership and a restructuring of its manufacturing assets, the company was not able to return to profitability by the third quarter of 2008 as it had hoped. And now, AMD has reported a greater-than-expected net loss for the fourth quarter of 2008—its ninth consecutive one.

AMD Posts Second-Quarter CEO Loss

in News on July 17, 2008 at 2:43 pm PT

Advanced Micro Devices has tapped Chief Operating Officer Dirk Meyer as its new CEO, replacing Hector Ruiz. Ruiz will become executive chairman of AMD and executive chairman of the board of directors. Ruiz announced the leadership change during AMD’s second-quarter financial earnings conference call. “The time is right to turn the company over to a new leader,” he said.

Now if Only You Could Multi-Core Your Earnings

in News on September 10, 2007 at 12:01 am PT

It’s slower than initial expectations and about six months later than originally promised, but Advanced Micro Devices’ quad-core Opteron (Barcelona) processor is still a milestone for the company and perhaps an antidote for its sagging financial fortunes. The new server chip, which puts four processors on a single silicon die, is the first of its [...]