AMD Appoints New Chief Information Officer.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 24, 1998--AMD (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. ) today announced that Randy Burdick has been named to the new position of chief information officer. As CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. , Burdick will oversee AMD's information technology and business systems organizations. Previously, he served as vice president of information technology and director of worldwide computer integrated manufacturing (application) Computer Integrated Manufacturing - (CIM) http://dmtf.org/. (CIM). Burdick will continue to report to Thomas M. McCoy, AMD senior vice president, general counsel and year 2000 compliance officer. Burdick joined AMD in 1991 as a senior manager of quality information systems and became director of worldwide CIM in 1993. Prior to joining AMD, he was director of manufacturing systems at Harris Semiconductor, where he deployed the first Unix-based systems in manufacturing and engineering analysis. Burdick has a master's degree in computer science and a bachelor's degree in computer engineering, both from the University of South Florida • • [ . In 1986, he spent one year at the University of California-Berkeley as a visiting fellow. About AMD AMD is a global supplier of integrated circuits for the personal and networked computer and communications markets. AMD produces processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and products for communications and networking applications. Founded in 1969 and based in Sunnyvale, AMD had revenues of $2.4 billion in 1997. (NYSE:AMD). World Wide Web: Press announcements and other information about AMD are available on the Internet via the World Wide Web. Type http://www.amd.com at the URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. prompt. Note to Editors: Readers may obtain additional information by calling 800/222-9323 or 408/749-5703. AMD, the AMD logo, and combinations thereof are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices. |
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