5 posts and columns on Jerry Sanders

Patrick Moorhead, Longtime AMD Exec, Leaving Company

in News on November 4, 2011 at 10:45 am PT

The last of a generation of AMD VPs who had been hired by its legendary founder, Jerry Sanders, is headed for the exit.
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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.

Splitsville

in News on October 7, 2008 at 11:00 am PT

Absolutely Fabless

in News on October 7, 2008 at 7:11 am PT

If it’s true that “real men have fabs,” as Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Chairman W. J. “Jerry” Sanders III once said, then AMD is the semiconductor industry’s latest eunuch. This morning the chipmaker said it will spin off its manufacturing operations, splitting itself into two companies–one to design chips and one to make them.