AMD CEO Dirk Meyer resigns, CFO Seifert takes interim role

What a day for chip news, eh? First NVIDIA and Intel set aside their vicious rhetoric in a $1.5 billion cross-licensing deal , and now AMD is shaking things up at the very top. Now-former CEO Dirk Meyer has resigned in what the company is a calling a “mutual agreement” between him and the Board of Directors. Interim CEO will be CFO Thomas Seifert, who has asked not to be considered as a candidate for the next chief. A search committee for the next CEO is currently being led by Board Chairman Bruce Claflin. The circumstances behind Meyer’s departure remain a mystery, but something tells us they can’t be as ridiculous as the last major CEO resignation we saw around these parts. AMD CEO Dirk Meyer resigns, CFO Seifert takes interim role originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 10 Jan 2011 17:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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