Derrick R. Meyer

Overview

Mr. Meyer, 46, has been a director since November 2007. Mr. Meyer is our President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Meyer joined AMD in 1995 and was Vice President of Engineering for the Computation Products Group before being promoted to Group Vice President, Computation Products Group in 2001. In April 2002, Mr. Meyer became an executive officer of AMD and was promoted to Senior Vice President of our Computation Products Group. Mr. Meyer became our Executive Vice President of our Computation Products Group in 2004 and was named President and Chief Operating Officer of the Microprocessor Solutions Sector in April 2005. He was promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer in January 2006. Before joining us, Mr. Meyer was employed by Digital beginning in 1986 and by Intel Corporation from 1983 to 1986. On November 1, 2007, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. announced that the Company's Board of Directors appointed Derrick R. Meyer to the Board, effective November 1, 2007. On July 17, 2008, the Company entered into an employment agreement with Derrick R. Meyer pursuant to which Mr. Meyer will succeed Dr. Ruiz as the Company's Chief Executive Officer and will become its President and Chief Executive Officer, effective July 17, 2008. Mr. Meyer will continue to serve on the Company's Board of Directors.