According to the latest 8-K filing form, AMD has apparently lost three key executives, which is rather a big surprise since the list includes John Byrne, GM of Computing and Graphics Business Group, or the guy behind company's both CPU and GPU businesses.


The biggest surprise is departure of John Byrne, which was promoted from Chief Sales Officer to SVP and GM of Computing and Graphics Business Group just seven months ago. According to known details, Byrne is leaving AMD to pursue other opportunities. AMD will apparently fill his GM position from an external source while Dr. Lisa Su, which was promoted to COO and then to CEO, will be filling his position as interim GM.




The second on the list is Colette LaForce, who was AMD’s Chief Marketing Officer since 2012. Unfortunately, AMD did not reveal more details and did not even appoint interim CMO. The third name on the list is Rajan Naik, AMD’s Chief Strategy Officer. He also joined the company in 2012.

AMD did not reveal much details other than a short statement that "These changes, including the additions of Forrest Norrod and James Clifford to our management team last quarter, collectively are part of implementing an optimal organization design and leadership team to further sharpen our execution and position AMD for growth.“

It is still not clear if this is a result of Lisa Su move to clear some positions and bring other people or a part of a greater plan that put Dr. Lisa Su as CEO. In any case, we will probably hear more details on 20th of January when AMD is expected to announce its Q4 results.



Source: Anandtech.com.