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Former Head of AMD Sheds Light on Fight with Intel in New Book

Posted 02/15/2013 at 9:48am | by Paul Lilly

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From anti-competitive lawsuits to the Globalfoundries deal, Hector Ruiz tells all in his book.

Hector Ruiz served as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) from 2002 until the summer of 2008, resigning from his position after AMD reported its seventh consecutive quarterly loss. He oversaw the company's acquisition of ATI, as well as several other major events, like the $1.25 billion settlement with Intel and the spinoff of AMD's manufacturing arm, without which Ruiz claims the company wouldn't have survived, just one of many tidbits revealed in his new book "Slingshot: AMD's Fight To Free An Industry From The Ruthless Grip Of Intel."

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