Darren Grasby gets to run AMD CPU and GPU sales
Reporting directly to Jim Anderson
Up until January, Darren Grasby an ATI sales veteran, was working as President EMEA and Global Channel Sales at AMD. A month later he was promoted to run Corporate VR Global Computing and Graphics Sales and president for AMD in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
Ryzen 5 codename is hinted at
Years away - 2022 to 2025
AMD has a video where it talks about the Ryzen and its success over the last year and Mike Clark Sr. Fellow Design Engineering was allowed to slip the Codename Ryzen 5 to his rapt listeners.
AMD Navi is no high end GPU
RX580 successor
We have been sitting on this piece of information for a while, but maybe it's the right time to share it with you. Navi 7nm the 2019 chip will not be a high end GPU, it will be a quite powerful performance/mainstream chip.
AMD lists Radeon RX 500X series for OEMs
Not the faster refresh seen in the crystal ball
AMD has posted the specifications of all Radeon RX 500X series rebranded graphics cards forits OEMs and it appears nothing much has changed from the original Radeon RX 500 series.
AMD hands product marketing reins to Sasa Marinkovic
Another veteran of the ATI/AMD force
You have already read here that ATI/AMD's veteran Chris Hook left AMD after 17 years, and we now know that Sasa Marinkovic, another ATI/AMD veteran will be taking over his reins as director of product marketing.
Chris Hook leaves AMD
After 17 years
One of the most prominent names in AMD’s RTG, Chris Hook, has left AMD. He walked away after seventeen years of ATI and AMD combined with his last job as Sr. Director, Global Product Marketing at AMD.
AMD plugs Meltdown and Spectre’s security holes
Still jolly tricky
AMD has released patches for Meltdown and Spectre security holes alongside Microsoft's latest Windows 10 updates.
Radeon RX 500X series spotted on AMD's site
Possible refresh or just OEM models
AMD is apparently gearing up for its latest refresh as Radeon RX 500X series product pages have been spotted on its own site.
AMD lost a key salesman to Lenovo
Matthew Zielinski, President and SVP
This happened over a month ago but I noticed recently that the former Corporate VP and President of Global sales MNC at AMD departed to do the same for job for Lenovo. This might be the biggest sales loss since John Byrne went to become the President of Sales at Dell.
AMD Ryzen Mobile won't score flagship design win
That all stays with Intel
There is an unfortunate story behind Ryzen Mobile. The chip has launched and in many cases it competes well against Intel’s solution. Still, OEMs aren't flocking in their droves to announcw significant design wins. This won't change anytime soon.