AMD Strengthens Position in Chinese Market With Addition of Karen Guo as Corporate Vice President and General Manager, AMD China.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BEIJING--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 9, 2002 Experienced Chinese National Brings Strong Technical Background and Outstanding Government, Industry Relationships 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. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AMD) today announced the hire of Karen Guo as corporate vice president and general manager of AMD China. Guo represents a significant strategic addition for AMD, and will be the company's most senior executive in the region. She will be responsible for all aspects of AMD's growing presence in China and will report to Hector Ruiz, AMD president and chief executive officer. Guo will serve as a member of AMD's Corporate Operating Committee, and will be based in AMD's Beijing office. A Chinese national, Guo is a well-known and respected leader in the Chinese business community. She has demonstrated a long track record of forging complementary partnerships with Chinese scientists, technologists and government officials designed to serve the rapidly growing technology needs of China's business and consumer markets, and is dedicated to advancing China's overall standing in the global IT community. Guo is expected to expand upon these efforts on behalf of AMD, and will be responsible for driving AMD's new, connected business model in the region. AMD's connected business model represents an evolution of the traditional semiconductor business model, and features complementary connections and collaborations with end users, customers and partners created to ensure shared successes. "Karen Guo's history of success working with Chinese government Ever since Republic of China founded in January 1st, 1912, China has had several regional and national governments. List
"I am pleased to be joining a company so committed to serving the growing needs of the Chinese market," said Guo. "As a Chinese citizen Chinese citizen can refer to
Before joining AMD, Guo was responsible for leading Motorola's technology efforts in China, serving as director of Motorola China's Research & Development Institute (MCRDI) and DigitalDNA Labs China. She established Motorola's PowerPC joint venture with Nanjing Panda Co., created joint research labs in key Chinese universities, and launched efforts around semiconductor material research, reliability modeling and Java based TCAD TCAD Technology Computer-Aided Design TCAD Tompkins County Area Development (Ithaca, NY, USA) TCAD Travis Central Appraisal District (Austin, Texas) TCAD Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability tools development. Prior to her tenure at Motorola, Guo served as Deputy Director of the Chinese National Research and Development Center of Intelligent Computer and Associate Professor of Computer Science at the Chinese Academy of Sciences The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) (Simplified Chinese: 中国科学院; Pinyin: Zhōngguó Kēxuéyuàn), formerly known as Academia Sinica (CAS). With a background in computational mathematics Computational mathematics involves mathematical research in areas of science where computing plays a central and essential role, emphasizing algorithms, numerical methods, and symbolic methods. Computation in the research is prominent. , parallel computer system and software engineering, Guo also holds a graduate degree in computer science from Stevens Institute of Technology Stevens is known for its rigorous engineering, science, and technological management curricula. Among the prominent research centers of Stevens is the Davidson Laboratory, Wireless Network Security Center, Keck Geotechnical Laboratory, Plasma Physics Laboratory, Nicoll Environmental located in New Jersey, U.S. About AMD AMD is a global supplier of integrated circuits Integrated circuits Miniature electronic circuits produced within and upon a single semiconductor crystal, usually silicon. Integrated circuits range in complexity from simple logic circuits and amplifiers, about 1/20 in. (1. for the personal and networked computer and communications markets with manufacturing facilities in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Europe, Japan, and Asia. AMD, a Fortune 500 and Standard & Poor's 500 company, produces microprocessors, Flash memory devices, and support circuitry for communications and networking applications. Founded in 1969 and based in Sunnyvale, California, AMD had revenues of $3.9 billion in 2001. (NYSE:AMD). AMD on the Web For more AMD news and product information, please visit our virtual pressroom at www.amd.com/news/virtualpress/index.html. Additional press releases are available at www.amd.com/news/news.html. Note to Editors: AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, and combinations thereof are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Other product names used in this publication are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective companies. |
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