Pat Gelsinger

AMD Names Lenovo COO Rory P. Read as Its New CEO

Arik Hesseldahl in News on August 25, 2011 at 7:45 am PT

The long search for a CEO at chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices has ended just as suddenly as it began.

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.

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.

Replacing Dirk Meyer at AMD Will Be No Easy Task

Arik Hesseldahl 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.

404: Intel General Counsel Not Found

John Paczkowski in News on September 14, 2009 at 4:24 pm PT

Pat Gelsinger isn’t the only Intel veteran leaving the company amid the big management restructuring announced today. Longtime general counsel Bruce Sewell is taking his leave as well. Which is odd, since Sewell has been quarterbacking Intel’s fight against antitrust allegations at home and abroad since, well, since they were first brought against the company.

EMC Poaches Top Intel Exec

John Paczkowski in News on September 14, 2009 at 5:00 am PT

Thirty years at Intel was evidently more than enough for Pat Gelsinger. He’s giving up his job as senior VP of the company’s Digital Enterprise Group to run EMC’s storage-products operations, The Wall Street Journal reports.