Ex-ATI CEO leaves AMD with ‘mixed feelings’
By Suzanne Deffree, News Editor -- EDN, July 10, 2007
AMD today announced that Dave Orton, former president and CEO of ATI Technologies, will leave his executive VP post at AMD at the end of the month.
Orton’s resignation comes just more than nine months after the chipmaker spent $5.4 billion to acquire the graphics chips specialist on October 25, 2006, when it also announced Fusion, a technology initiative aiming to create a new breed of x86 processors that integrate the central processing unit (CPU) and the graphics processing unit (GPU) at the silicon level.
“It is with mixed feelings that I am leavening AMD,” Orton said in AMD’s statement. “I am very optimistic about AMD’s future. I believe strongly in the strategies that brought AMD and ATI together and the talented employees of the ‘new AMD’ who are committed to winning in the market by delivering the best possible solutions for customers.”
Added Dirk Meyer, AMD president and COO, “Dave was one of the key drivers in the successful integration of AMD and ATI. With his integration work complete and the successful launch of key graphics and chipset products earlier this year, the time was right for Dave to take his personal and professional life in a different direction.”
Adrian Hartog, senior VP and general manager, consumer electronics group, and Rick Bergman, senior VP and general manager, graphics products group, will now report into the office of the CEO.
