mpcamer1220
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First, I know that the HQ isn't in Austin.. - Yet - but that is where their CEO/President, etc are.. So, just go with it.
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On Thursday, June 21, 2007, I had the opportunity to visit AMD's Austin location. I was able to meet with several people, including Division Brand Managers and PR personnel, among many others. I had to meet with an AMD lawyer before I could do anything else. After meeting with the lawyer for a little bit, I went and met with someone from Public Relations. He works with the NPRP. (New Product Review Program..) He is the guy that sends Kyle all of the new hardware. Right across from where he is, was someone who used to work at 3dFX. After talking to them for about half an hour, I went and toured the Server/Workstation Department. After that, I went and saw the Mobile Division. The head of the Mobile Division was the main contact I had in getting into AMD's building. I was shown a PowerPoint presentation that Hector Ruiz was shown exactly one day before I was. It was a fairly lengthy presentation and I can't go into the details about it. I then toured the Desktop Division and met with the Marketing Manager for the desktop side.----------------
After I spent time in the Desktop Division, I went and spent about an hour in AMD's Performance Labs. This was probably my favorite part of the trip. They had a single server with $2.5 Million of hard drives - just to supply enough bandwidth to test their processors. There were countless processors/motherboards being tested, and not all of them were AMD processors. I then went back to the Server/Workstation department and then back to the Mobile Division, and there was some other stuff I did.. But that about sums it up.
It was a great experience - I learned a lot, not just about upcoming products, but about AMD in general as well as the whole industry.
There is a lot that I can't say/repeat; however, if you have questions, I will try my best to answer them.
Pictures:
http://mpcamer.com/
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On Thursday, June 21, 2007, I had the opportunity to visit AMD's Austin location. I was able to meet with several people, including Division Brand Managers and PR personnel, among many others. I had to meet with an AMD lawyer before I could do anything else. After meeting with the lawyer for a little bit, I went and met with someone from Public Relations. He works with the NPRP. (New Product Review Program..) He is the guy that sends Kyle all of the new hardware. Right across from where he is, was someone who used to work at 3dFX. After talking to them for about half an hour, I went and toured the Server/Workstation Department. After that, I went and saw the Mobile Division. The head of the Mobile Division was the main contact I had in getting into AMD's building. I was shown a PowerPoint presentation that Hector Ruiz was shown exactly one day before I was. It was a fairly lengthy presentation and I can't go into the details about it. I then toured the Desktop Division and met with the Marketing Manager for the desktop side.----------------
After I spent time in the Desktop Division, I went and spent about an hour in AMD's Performance Labs. This was probably my favorite part of the trip. They had a single server with $2.5 Million of hard drives - just to supply enough bandwidth to test their processors. There were countless processors/motherboards being tested, and not all of them were AMD processors. I then went back to the Server/Workstation department and then back to the Mobile Division, and there was some other stuff I did.. But that about sums it up.
It was a great experience - I learned a lot, not just about upcoming products, but about AMD in general as well as the whole industry.
There is a lot that I can't say/repeat; however, if you have questions, I will try my best to answer them.
Pictures:
http://mpcamer.com/