OSTG Marketing's Journal: Ruiz of AMD comments on the company's plans

AMD's chairman and CEO, Hector Ruiz , commented on the company's plans during his visit to Moscow Monday. Ruiz is expecting a percent microprocessor unit shipments growth year-over-year due to the increase in the die size as the result of introduction of dual-core and quad-core processors which means less microprocessors output from a single wafer. Ruiz also suggested forgetting the nanometer discussion. 'Although nanometers look important for the cost but what really counts is the product value in the market', he said. He also said that AMD would be the first company to introduce a native quad-core processor. 'The quad-core you've heard about is just two dual-core chips glued together, it's not really quad-core.' Ruiz commented on the ATI acquisition outcomes as well as AMD's plans for Russia ('possible joint efforts in the area of computer science' with Saint Petersburg Polytechnic).