Rich Oehler, Renowned Microprocessor and Multi-Processing Systems Architect, Joins AMD as Corporate Fellow
SUNNYVALE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—March 28, 2005—
AMD (NYSE:AMD)
-- Oehler, former IBM Fellow and chief technology officer (CTO)
at Newisys, will focus on increasing the alignment of AMD's
enterprise-class computing strategies with the needs of the
Fortune 1000
AMD (NYSE:AMD) announced today that Rich Oehler, a 40-year
industry veteran well known for his groundbreaking work in
microprocessor, symmetric multi-processing and mission-critical
systems design, has joined AMD's Office of Strategy and Technology
reporting to CTO Fred Weber.
"It is a real honor to have Rich join the AMD team," said Weber.
"His unique depth of experience in enterprise computing enhances an
already immensely talented group focused on strengthening the
performance, reliability, availability and scalability features of our
64-bit solutions."
Oehler will have broad responsibility for closely aligning AMD's
multi-core, enterprise-class computing strategies with the top
priorities of Fortune 1000 Chief Information Officers and Information
Technology management.
"AMD64 with its Direct Connect architecture is already
industry-leading in both performance and elegance," stated Oehler.
"Due to its inherent ability to scale without imposing memory
bottlenecks, it creates an enormous opportunity to push features and
functionality once reserved only for mainframe and high-end UNIX
environments down into mainstream systems and datacenters. AMD is
enabling this transformation to happen faster than ever and I'm
thrilled to play a part."
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AMD Corporate Communication
Rob Keosheyan, 512-602-4764
email: rob.keosheyan@amd.com
