Time names AMD boss Lisa Su the CEO of the year

[Cracken]

Zen DID debut in second place, it took until zen 3 for AMD to actually take the crown. Intel's foundries have screwed up, yes, but they can still make good products, and intel saw a 40% IPC jump from skylake to alder lake.

Intel did fumble repeatedly, but, crucially, AMD didnt. They cranked out banger after banger for years. That's Lisa, AMD before her kept stumbling and falling face first every time it attempted something.

Yeah...no thanks, I have no interest in high input latency and being dependent on an internet connection to play a game. I'll stick with my GPUs.

Zen was and still is mostly about EPYC, after that it's about Ryzen. Zen 1 did actaully debut in first place.
Zen 1 EPYC (Naples) made on glofo was alrady hammering Intel's best Xeons where it mattered the most. While it was not able to capture substantial market share due to various obvious reasons, it proved a point. It wasn't until ZEN 2 and onwards where AMD really started to grab share.

 

[Cracken]

That's not quite what I said. Intel at 14nm ran a close second to AMD's 7nm chips. Had Intel then been manufacturing on TSMC's same 7nm node, AMD would not have held the performance crown. This is inconvertibly obvious.

If you are referring to Ryzen chips that is somewhat correct. Zen though is mainly about the EPYC's, and here AMD EPYC Napples made entirely on inferior GLOFO processes managed to beat intels best Xeons. The main reason AMD was able to grow as they have done is due to their DC products. Yes they been having a node advantage since Zen 2, but the main reason is their chiplets and just as importantly their infinity fabric interconnect. Even in a hypothetical world where Xeon and EPYC where made on the same node AMD would have had the advantage due to the chipleets and better interconnect, altho to less of a degree ofc.

 

[Theinsanegamer]

That's not quite what I said. Intel at 14nm ran a close second to AMD's 7nm chips. Had Intel then been manufacturing on TSMC's same 7nm node, AMD would not have held the performance crown. This is inconvertibly obvious.

Alderlake is on 10nm, not 14, and according to the internet, intel's 10nm is pretty close to TSMC 7nm in terms of capability.

Zen 2 and 3 are both 7nm, and you can see the significant performance increases from design, not process node. EPYC chips built on 12nm zen+ were stealing marketshare from intel as well.

It's pretty obvious that intel, despite having 10nm and the performance improvements from rocket lake and alder lake, were unable to close the gap with AMD.

 

[poohbear]

Well deserved for the turnaround she led.

This x1000. I still remember AMD stock hovering around $1-$2/share in 2015 and talk of them being delisted from the Nasdaq. I still remember the conference call when she announced AMD had actually made a profit and the stock jumped 50% in one day.

Those were the days. I wish I kept my AMD & Nvidia stock instead of selling it to buy a new car. Still have that car. I tell people my car is a $3 million car cause I bought it with Nvidia stock that I sold in 2016.

 

[wiyosaya]

Learn what words mean. Noting the hypocrisy of Time's virtue-signaling editorial board -- which is primarily composed of men, and led by a male editorial-in-chief -- in no way constitutes "hating women".

Who said it was Time's editorial board that was spouting misogyny? But their board should follow your opinions or their OPINIONS are worthless, Yes?

Oh Wait! You can speak for Time's Editorial board and are authorized by Time's editorial board to do so. Uh-huh. IMO, that's the very definition of hypocrisy. Perhaps you should learn what word mean, yes?
Like @Theinsanegamer said, name those CEOs that are more deserving, or better yet, start your own CEO of the year awards if you think anyone will listen to you.

 

[Endymio]

Who said it was Time's editorial board that was spouting misogyny?

Did you actually post that absurdity? My criticism of one editorial board's decision does not equate to a systemic hatred of all women -- especially when that board is primarily composed of men.

The rest of your post still fails to answer one simple question: by what metric did this magazine select Su to be the world's best CEO in 2024? Market cap? Share appreciation? Revenue growth? Industry dominance? By any standard you select -- there are other CEOs more worthy. Period.

 

[Felusy]

Let's see how they deliver on their promise on flooding the market with 9800x3ds next quarter that everyone is hyped about as well as 8800XT competition to the midrange at the price everyone is hoping for.

I grabbed a 9800X3D on release. Extremely good minimum fps in games, while running cool and quiet. Would love to see AMD being able to deliver in both CPU and GPU market, however 8800XT is not for me. Hope they will re-enter high-end GPU market with UDNA in 2026 and fight RTX 6000 series.

I don't see AMD doing much about RTX 5070 Ti and up with 8800XT. So price to performance has to be on point.

They might manage to grab 5-10% GPU marketshare with an aggressive priced Radeon 8000 series. If they do a proper launch without driver bugs or issues.

 

[Bamda]

Did you actually post that absurdity? My criticism of one editorial board's decision does not equate to a systemic hatred of all women -- especially when that board is primarily composed of men.

The rest of your post still fails to answer one simple question: by what metric did this magazine select Su to be the world's best CEO in 2024? Market cap? Share appreciation? Revenue growth? Industry dominance? By any standard you select -- there are other CEOs more worthy. Period.

Not all awards or acknowledgments are for a specific year; some are for a lifetime of achievements. In that sense, Ms. Su is more than deserving. And don't let the title fool you.

 

[Ojref]

She's a lot of things, but certainly not CEO of the year material. I'm not speaking of intellectual or scientific works, I'm speaking of her CEO job.