Linked by Amjith Ramanujam on Thu 17th Jul 2008 22:06 UTC, submitted by Nehemoth
The CEO of chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is stepping down.
Hector Ruiz had been just the second person to lead AMD after company founder Jerry Sanders. He'll be replaced by the chip maker's No. 2 executive, Dirk Meyer.
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Mr. Sanders made Mr Ruiz the heir apparent of AMD. obviously he was well qualified
from wikipedia: "Ruiz earned a B.S. and M.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1968 and 1970 respectively and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Rice University in 1973. He worked at Texas Instruments for six years and Motorola for 22 years, rising to become president of Motorola's Semiconductor Products Sector before being recruited in 2000 by AMD founder Jerry Sanders to serve as AMD's" president and chief operating officer, and to become heir apparent to lead the company upon Sanders' retirement.
Edited 2008-07-18 04:40 UTC