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Great engineers love solving problems. Fortunately for Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Lisa Su is one of them, and she has a knack for dealing with the semiconductor industry's hardest ones.
After getting her doctorate in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Su, 49, played a key leadership role in IBM 's groundbreaking work using copper to replace aluminum interconnects in computer chips, making them faster and more energy efficient.
In 2012, the year she joined AMD, the company was in trouble. AMD lost more than $1 billion as its products drastically underperformed Intel's. But Su was undaunted and excited to come aboard. "I've always been attracted to solving really tough problems," she says. "Problems actually create opportunities."
After becoming CEO in October 2014, she quickly refocused the company on its core high-performance computing business, establishing an ironclad policy of meeting commitments to customers.
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During Su's tenure as CEO, AMD stock has risen more than 800%. The shares are up 80% this year through June 10, and AMD was the No. 1–performing stock in the S&P 500 index last year.
Su's technical expertise and intuition were critical to this resurgence. "I love spending time with the engineers, going into the lab, and getting a feel for what the real challenges are, because it just helps me make better decisions on the business," she says.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday June 16 2019, @04:46AM (11 children)
Maybe they can use some of their newfound extra capital to develop a grease that doesn't cause their food to slide right out your ass, sphincter be damned, and be so chemically noxious that your farts feel like hot exhaust. No joke, I permanently gave up McDonalds almost 15 years ago because eating it caused me to shit myself on my birthday -- and the most hilarious part about that is that I bought breakfast with a McDonalds gift-card that my then-employer gave me for my birthday.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Subsentient on Sunday June 16 2019, @05:09AM (2 children)
Very glad to see you're still stinking up this joint, old friend. https://i.imgur.com/Ef2yuyD.gifv [imgur.com]
"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." -Jiddu Krishnamurti
(Score: 2, Funny) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday June 16 2019, @05:27AM (1 child)
AHHHHH! My eyes, my sweet virgin eyes! And my head deepfaked onto a body that ain't mine! I swear that's not me!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 17 2019, @09:52AM
.. he said, as he left the Engadine Maccas, that fateful evening in 1997 ....
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 16 2019, @05:24AM (3 children)
Wow ... this gives me a great idea. I'm going to start a GoFundMe page to collect money to buy Ethanol-fueled a shitload of McD's gift cards.
The best part is is that I'm not part of any of the ethnic groups Ethanol-fueled disparages (or should I say "shits on") on a regular basis, so he can't blame anyone but himself.
(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday June 16 2019, @05:31AM (1 child)
I'll be sure to donate all those gift cards to the local Chabad so they can use them for their own pleasure or sell them to fund the IDF. "Pipelines to peace," I will call the program.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 16 2019, @11:40AM
Sorry, Ef, but the folks at the local Chabad are too smart to eat at McDonalds.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 16 2019, @09:57AM
He'll eat the cards if he doesn't want to shit his pants.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 16 2019, @05:41AM (3 children)
People bitch about McD for all kinds of reasons, but never heard a complaint about them giving you the run.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday June 16 2019, @06:46AM (2 children)
I see you've never eaten McDonalds, then. There are plenty of vids out there calling out Mickey-Dees for making them shit.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 16 2019, @09:53AM (1 child)
I never had any egestion issues with McDonald's food. I just stopped eating almost 40 years ago because it was nasty.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Monday June 17 2019, @01:03PM
Food is kinda disgusting tbh.
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