AMD CEO Steps Down

Things have certainly been rough for AMD as of late. Today, AMD’s CEO, Hector Ruiz, stepped down from his position at the company. There is no way of knowing whether or not his departure is a result of the company’s performance, but after Jerry Sanders’ and Phil Hester’s leave, you have to wonder what the plan is for the future at the company.

With all of that said, I, as well as many others want to see AMD truly step up in the consumer CPU industry. While AMD probably won’t leave us any time soon, with Intel all but dominating the space, the migration back over to Intel CPUs will leave the company in a hard position to compete with.

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.