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AMD has announced that its new CEO will be Rory P Read, who was most recently president and COO at Lenovo Group. The appointment comes after a seven-month search during which a number of IT execs, including Oracle's co-president Mark Hurd, EMC's COO Pat Gelsinger and Apple's Tim Cook, were approached by AMD and rejected the …

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  1. Arctic fox
    Coat

    "Here's your crown, sceptre, orb ... chalice"

    "The chalice from the palace holds the brew that is true".

    Sorry, I know that shows my age. Too many afternoons when I was a kid watching ancient films on the Beeb.

    I'll get my coat.

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  2. Anonymous Coward
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    Read might be good?

    Read has lots of experience and may be a good choice to lead AMD forward. They have a lot of desirable products in the pipeline and seem to have built a strong fondation to move forward. Best wishes to Read and AMD.

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  3. Ammaross Danan
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    Tim Cook

    "...and Apple's Tim Cook, were approached by AMD and rejected the position..."

    Well, we now know why Tim Cook rejected AMD's offer....

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  4. rav
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    Finally..........

    AMD goes with an established industry insider. This is another first for AMD. No more home-grown maverick's.

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  5. bamalam

    Maybe...

    ... they've got someone who is going to sell things properly. AMD have great products but they are poorly categorised and aren't marketed enough. There should be more E-350 based laptops out there for example but a lot of things are presented with names like Hudson M1. You've developed the AMD Fusion brand so use it FFS.

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