AMD appoints new CTO

Gordon Peters
Tuesday, 24 August 2010 23:03

IT People - People

AMD has appointed an engineer with more than 20 patents filed as vice president and chief technology officer (CTO), Server.

Senior vice president and general manager, AMD Products Group, Rick Bergman said Donald Newell had been appointed to the role having previously served as a senior principle engineer leading the System-on-Chip (SoC) and datacenter networking architecture groups within Intel Labs before joining AMD to lead its server roadmap and platform design programs.

'As AMD Server CTO, Newell is responsible for the concept and definition of AMD's long-term server roadmap based on current conditions, expected demand and long-term server trends. He is leading multiple worldwide teams and working alongside other AMD design and development teams to ensure successful transition of programs from design to market availability.'

'Don Newell brings a strong combination of leadership skills, engineering and design expertise, and strategic direction. We're fortunate to have Don on board as we prepare for the delivery of the Bulldozer core in our AMD Opteron processors, scheduled for launch in 2011.'

Bergman said that during his 16 years with Intel, Newell led development of both SoC and server platform architecture innovations for areas ranging from cloud computing to hand-held devices.