http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/ Engadget Comments for AMD's financial woes don't stop Hector Ruiz from nabbing a raise http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/Dec 14th 2007 7:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/Dec 14th 2007 7:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/Dec 14th 2007 7:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/Dec 15th 2007 3:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/Dec 14th 2007 8:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/Dec 15th 2007 12:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/
Hector Ruiz was Motorola Semiconductor boss back in early 2000s. During his time, Motorola Semi division went downhill. They stopped developing new products like 64bit PowerPC chips (which IBM did, and is now in every game consoles), and the company lost all the competitive edge once the guy left. The sales gradually went down and Motorola ended up spinning out the semiconductor division.
]]>Dec 14th 2007 11:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/
Let me introduce you to a new concept...Irony

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Irony]]>Dec 15th 2007 3:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/Motorola was actually doing very well in 2006, so they wouldn't have been warned then. Both these companies have fallen off a cliff since then. ]]>Dec 14th 2007 8:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/Dec 14th 2007 9:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/Fatcat screwup profits again.

If I was a stockholder I'd be calling for his head on a plate.]]>Dec 14th 2007 8:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/Although since I live in the U.K. that would only be about £35,000 which is a less impressive-sounding figure and probably wouldn't get you as far as 70000 would in the US.]]>Dec 14th 2007 8:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/Dec 14th 2007 8:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/
Suburban DC/Baltimore cost of living friggin' sucks.]]>Dec 14th 2007 11:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/Dec 14th 2007 8:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/Dec 14th 2007 9:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/Dec 14th 2007 11:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/Dec 14th 2007 11:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/
How does one ask for a raise when they're making $1m/year.]]>Dec 14th 2007 11:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/
The same way anyone else does. Just because someone is making seven figures doesn't mean they don't deserve a raise. Ruiz clearly doesn't, but it's not because of how much he made before.]]>Dec 15th 2007 7:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/Dec 14th 2007 11:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/Dec 18th 2007 9:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/Dec 15th 2007 12:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/Someone at that company needs to be fired NOW. Not in 6 months. NOW.]]>Dec 15th 2007 3:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/Dec 15th 2007 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/Dec 15th 2007 7:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/Dec 15th 2007 1:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/Dec 15th 2007 2:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx

Bookmark it.
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AMD is complaining about having paid too much for ATI? Complete and utter tripe. Only their inflated goodwill figure and subsequent tarnishing of the brand are to blame. In fact they got ATI for a song and then drove their own combined stock price to a lower value than ATI was when they bought it!

I used to be an AMD fan and used a number of their processors in systems I built. Even as a fan, I could never say they were ever ahead of Intel across the board. Having one or two good processors here and there doesn't make them a leader. I'm not an Intel fan, but AD have pretty much their own mismanagement to blame for the dire predicament and outlook.

]]>Dec 15th 2007 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/no, how about the fact I have to go there 2-4 times a day to grab drivers ON freshly installed systems? Wanker]]>Dec 15th 2007 12:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/
I'd say their 'poor' show has a lot to do with Intel's recent moves and AMD's recent huge investments in unrelated (well, sorta unrelated) things and basically misjudging the market and their chief competitor's products.]]>Dec 15th 2007 2:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/amds-finanical-woes-dont-stop-hector-ruiz-from-nabbing-a-raise/
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