Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) announced that Dirk Meyer has been promoted to president and chief operating officer of AMD. Meyer previously served as president and chief operating officer of AMD's Microprocessor Solutions Sector (MSS) business. He will share the leadership and management of AMD with Hector Ruiz, who relinquishes the president title and now is AMD chief executive officer and chairman of the board. Ruiz will continue to be fully engaged in his role as chief executive officer and chairman of the board.
Before joining AMD, Meyer worked at Digital Equipment Corporation for nearly a decade and was co-architect of the Alpha 21064 and 21264 microprocessors.
Meyer's microprocessor industry experience includes tenures at not only AMD and Digital but also Intel Corporation. Over the years, he has been involved in the design of x86, Alpha(TM), VAX, and embedded processors.
One of the world's leading microprocessor design innovators, Meyer was awarded the prestigious Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Maurice Wilkes Award for his significant architectural contributions to the Alpha and x86 microprocessor designs.
Meyer graduated from the University of Illinois, where he received a bachelor's degree in computer engineering. He also received a master's degree in business administration from Boston University.
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