Lisa Su
Lisa Su is a Taiwanese-American electrical engineer and business executive who has served as president and chief executive officer of AMD since 2014.
Advanced Micro Devices: Advanced Micro Devices is a semiconductor company that designs CPUs, GPUs, and other computing products. Su has led AMD as its president and chief executive officer since 2014.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Su earned bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in electrical engineering there.
Zen (microarchitecture): Zen is AMD’s family of CPU microarchitectures introduced in 2017. The Zen architecture anchored AMD’s return to competitiveness in desktop and server processors.
Central processing unit: A central processing unit executes instructions and coordinates operations in a computer. AMD designs CPUs for personal computers, servers, and other computing systems.
Jerry Sanders: Jerry Sanders co-founded AMD and led the company as its chief executive from 1969 to 2002. Sanders established the company Su later led through a major strategic shift.
Electrical engineering: Electrical engineering is the discipline concerned with designing and analyzing systems that use electricity and electromagnetism. Su trained as an electrical engineer before moving into executive leadership.
EPYC: EPYC is AMD’s brand of server processors built for data centers and enterprise computing. Its growth expanded AMD’s presence in the server market during Su’s leadership.
Graphics processing unit: A graphics processing unit performs parallel computations, especially for rendering images and accelerating data workloads. AMD’s GPU business is a major part of its product portfolio.
Mark Papermaster: Mark Papermaster is an American technology executive who has served as AMD’s chief technology officer since 2011. He has partnered with Su in guiding AMD’s engineering priorities.
IBM: IBM is a technology company that develops and sells computer hardware, software, and services. Su held engineering and leadership roles at IBM before joining AMD.