AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) today announ­ced indus­try vete­ran Rick Berg­man has joi­n­ed the com­pa­ny as exe­cu­ti­ve vice pre­si­dent of Com­pu­ting and Gra­phics with respon­si­bi­li­ty for the company’s high-per­for­mance PC, gam­ing, and semi-cus­tom busi­nesses. San­de­ep Chenna­kes­hu has deci­ded to lea­ve AMD at the end of the month.

Berg­man brings exten­si­ve semi­con­duc­tor expe­ri­ence, a deep tech­no­lo­gy under­stan­ding from a plat­form and pro­duct per­spec­ti­ve, and exten­si­ve gene­ral manage­ment expe­ri­ence. He most recent­ly ser­ved as pre­si­dent and CEO of Syn­ap­tics for the past eight years. Pri­or to that he spent ten years in seni­or exe­cu­ti­ve roles at AMD and ATI.

“2019 con­ti­nues to be an exci­ting year for AMD as we deli­ver our new 7nm pro­duct port­fo­lio,” said Dr. Lisa Su, AMD pre­si­dent and CEO. “I am exci­ted to wel­co­me Rick to our lea­der­ship team, at this important time, as we focus on con­tin­ued growth and mar­ket share gains. We thank San­de­ep for his con­tri­bu­ti­ons at AMD and wish him every suc­cess in his future endeavors.” 

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For 50 years AMD has dri­ven inno­va­ti­on in high-per­for­mance com­pu­ting, gra­phics and visua­liza­ti­on tech­no­lo­gies ― the buil­ding blocks for gam­ing, immersi­ve plat­forms and the dat­a­cen­ter. Hundreds of mil­li­ons of con­su­mers, lea­ding For­tu­ne 500 busi­nesses and cut­ting-edge sci­en­ti­fic rese­arch faci­li­ties around the world rely on AMD tech­no­lo­gy dai­ly to impro­ve how they live, work and play. AMD employees around the world are focu­sed on buil­ding gre­at pro­ducts that push the boun­da­ries of what is pos­si­ble. For more infor­ma­ti­on about how AMD is enab­ling today and inspi­ring tomor­row, visit the AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) web­site, blog, Face­book and Twit­ter pages.