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AMD Lures IBM Veteran to Lead Chip Design

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the drawing-on-experience dept.

Rob writes "Computer Business Review is reporting that Advanced Micro Devices yesterday said it had hired Jeff VerHeul away from IBM to lead the direction of AMD's future silicon design. VerHeul's most recent post during his 25-year stint at IBM was head of engineering and technology services. Now, he will lead the development of all future AMD computing products, including silicon roadmap design across all AMD's engineering sites worldwide."

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  1. Move over Intel (hopefully) by Kawahee · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Hopefully this will give nex-gen AMD chips a fresh design and hopefully push them to a significant majority over Intel. I've always personally favoured AMD chips, simply because they're damn good value, and efficient.

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    1. Re:Move over Intel (hopefully) by gregorio · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I've always personally favoured AMD chips, simply because they're damn good value, and efficient.

      Or maybe because you're the typical geek who hates everything that's big and dominant. Geeks need to love "different" things, made for "special" people or not. Geeks need iPods and Unix computers, because other players and Windows computers are not for special people like you guys.

      If someday AMD beats the crap out of Intel and start to be the big guy, you might as well start talking about the superiority of Intel products and how it is so unfair that AMD dominates the market. =]

      And my point is...? Well, it's not really smart to be such a big fan of a company/group/etc. I think that we should give our respect to good products, actions and attitudes. Cheerleading for a commercial entity is just pure nonsense. I'm a consumer, I want good products, good actions and good attitudes. The world is about results. It's naive to expect that just because you "like" a group all of their actions are going to fit your views and needs. It's up to their shareholders if AMD is going to succeed in the long term, have giant profits or giant marketshare.

      I'm giving my soul to good results, not for companies, groups or whatever. That's why my current PC holds an AMD processor. Next time I'm buying a computer, I'll just buy whatever is best for me, AMD or not. I'm not "hoping" AMD wins, I'm just hoping the market is filled with good products and plenty of choice.

  2. IBM by Renraku · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Don't be hatin' IBM. They've had some really good ideas/innovations in the past and I figured an IBM team member would end up either at AMD or Google.

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  3. But...why? by MunchMunch · · Score: 3, Insightful
    I'm certainly not an expert, as I'm sure many replies will point out, but I thought AMD has been out-innovating IBM's PowerPC line for quite some time.

    So isn't this by all signs a step backwards?

    1. Re:But...why? by ucahg · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Do you think AMD has been out-innovating IBM because all of IBM's engineers are stupid? Do you think its the fault of this one man?

      Their strategy is simple: Hire the best they can find.

    2. Re:But...why? by ZenShadow · · Score: 3, Insightful

      PowerPC isn't IBM's only line. How about Cell? If the rumors about Intel's "new direction" prove out, having someone who developed something like the Cell in house could prove to be very fortuitous.

      -S

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