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AMD chief Dirk Meyer resigns

...helm of the Sunnyvale, California-based chip company in July 2008, replacing Hector Ruiz and becoming AMD's third-ever chief executive. Ruiz stepped down... Read more

11 January, 2011 by Jack Clark

AMD's Ruiz steps down as CEO

AMD chief executive Hector Ruiz is stepping down from the helm of the troubled chip company... Read more

18 July, 2008 by Tom Krazit
Can AMD's heir apparent turn its fortunes around?

Can AMD's heir apparent turn its fortunes around?

...going in a different direction, right? Well, not at AMD. Chief executive Hector Ruiz said last month that he plans to stay in the job... Read more

3 January, 2008 by Dawn Kawamoto and Tom Krazit

AMD on road to recovery, says research firm

...chief operating officer Dirk Meyer would take the reins from chief executive Hector Ruiz following the company's history of losses, including that suffered during... Read more

21 July, 2008 by Victoria Ho
AMD gets new chip head

AMD gets new chip head

...also left AMD after serving as chief technology officer. AMD chief executive Hector Ruiz has promised to get the company back to profitability in the... Read more

13 May, 2008 by Tom Krazit

AMD unveils Barcelona at last

...this "complicated" design that resulted in the delay, said AMD chief executive Hector Ruiz in an earlier interview. The delay puts the chipmaker a full... Read more

11 September, 2007 by Lynn Tan

AMD, Intel fortunes diverge over past year

...play out very differently for Intel's Paul Otellini and AMD's Hector Ruiz. For Otellini, reporting quarterly earnings on Tuesday should be a welcome... Read more

17 July, 2007 by Tom Krazit

Orton resigns from AMD

...electronics businesses will report directly to Dirk Meyer, AMD's president, and Hector Ruiz, AMD's chief executive. Dave Orton came over to AMD when... Read more

11 July, 2007 by Tom Krazit

AMD looks for fix during rough year

...on paper, at least) road map from Intel. And AMD chief executive Hector Ruiz and his management team might have to re-examine the cost... Read more

20 June, 2007 by Tom Krazit

AMD denies executive rumours

AMD's chairman and chief executive Hector Ruiz's role at the company has not changed, AMD said, contrary... Read more

10 April, 2006 by Tom Krazit

AMD, and why the $100 PC is inevitable

It's been just more than two years since CEO Hector Ruiz unveiled AMD's new Opteron server microprocessor. To the surprise of... Read more

28 April, 2005 by John G.Spooner
AMD chief touts virtualisation virtues

AMD chief touts virtualisation virtues

At Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco on Monday, AMD chief executive Hector Ruiz discusses how virtualisation technology can be of benefit in addressing the... Read more

13 November, 2007 by ZDNet UK

AMD 'to keep adding' to x86

...than ever to the future of the x86 computer chip platform, CEO Hector Ruiz said. AMD won't make big changes to x86, "but we... Read more

13 June, 2005 by Michael Singer
AMD chief touts virtualisation virtues

AMD chief touts virtualisation virtues

At Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco on Monday, AMD chief executive Hector Ruiz discusses how virtualisation technology can be of benefit in addressing the... Read more

13 November, 2007

AMD merges processor and graphics units

...the botched roll-out of Barcelona, its first quad-core server processor. Hector Ruiz, then chief executive of AMD, in 2007 blamed the chip's... Read more

7 May, 2009 by Steven Musil

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