Andy Patrizio

The ascension of Dirk Meyer to CEO of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is not entirely unexpected. He was widely viewed as the successor to Hector Ruiz, who stepped down yesterday. The 62-year-old Ruiz came to AMD in 2000 after 22 years with Motorola, where he headed the company’s semiconductor unit. In his eight years with […]

Seven is usually considered a lucky number, but not for Hector Ruiz. After seven quarters of red ink, the AMD CEO has resigned his post, turning it over to President and Chief Operating Officer Dirk Meyer, who had long been acknowledged as Hector’s successor-in-waiting. Ruiz will stay on as executive chairman and chairman of the […]

After seven quarters of bleeding money, Advanced Micro Devices will have a new CEO. Hector Ruiz has stepped down as chief executive of the troubled microprocessor company, with Dirk Meyer, president and chief operating officer, taking over the reigns. The news was announced on a conference call to discuss AMD’s (NASDAQ: AMD) second-quarter financials, which […]

These are turning into tough days in the executive suite at Sun Microsystems. Wall Street has begun to get impatient with the company, causing the rumor mill to do what it does so well: grind. Take your pick of the latest gossip: the company is for sale; its storage business is for sale; the SPARC […]

With Intel launching its new Centrino 2 vPro mobile platform, a.k.a. Montevina, Fujitsu Computer Systems is among the first vendors to line up with new laptop offerings. The company today is announcing six new notebooks, some of them convertible tablets, in an array of price and performance ranges. The convertibles can be used as a […]

Gartner today announced that worldwide PC shipments for the second quarter of 2008 were 71.9 million units, a 16 percent increase from the second quarter of 2007. Every territory was up by double digits except the U.S. and Japan, which are mature markets. PC shipments in the U.S. reached 16.5 million units in the second […]

If you find yourself constantly looking down at the keyboard, then you may want to avoid the Das Keyboard Ultimate. Or you may want to get one. The German company Das Keyboard (German for “The Keyboard.” Very original) has two ruggedly designed keyboards, one with the lettering on the keys (Professional) and one without (Ultimate). […]

It was one thing for Sun Microsystems and Rackable Systems to offer up datacenters in a shipping container for easy transport, but when a giant like HP gets into the market, that’s a sign the idea has arrived. (Actually, HP is the second computer giant to join the club, following an announcement by IBM earlier […]

Intel on Tuesday announced a 25 percent jump in profits over the second quarter of 2007 thanks to its aggressive cost cutting and continued strength of its products, despite U.S. economic problems and seasonal softness. Normally, the second quarter is the weakest time of year in the hardware business, but Intel sales rose 9 percent […]

Intel’s Mooly Eden in May. Source: Intel SAN FRANCISCO — Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) on Monday officially launched the fifth generation of its Centrino mobile platform in as many years. Code-named “Montevina,” again drawing its code name from the northern California region, the new platform is long on support for digital media while using less power […]

Funny how things can change so quickly. As I’d mentioned in my previous posting, the local AT&T store was all out of iPhones and put me on a waiting list for new arrivals. Wouldn’t you know it, but around 4 pm on Friday I get a call from the store. Seems some more phones have […]

In its latest incarnation as an Open Application Lifecycle Management (Open ALM) provider, Borland Software on Monday announced a new series of products for managers to assess the progress of a software development project. These three tools, to be available this fall, are part of the company’s Borland Management Solutions (BMS) software, which is built […]