The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)(R) today announced that Anne Sweeney, co-chair, Disney Media Networks and president, Disney-ABC Television Group; Mike Griffith, president and CEO, Activision Publishing and Dirk Meyer, president and CEO of AMD will deliver addresses at the 2009 International CES(R) as part of the Industry Insider Series.

After posting a quarterly loss of $1.19 billion, Advanced Micro Devices switched chief executives Thursday, pushing CEO Hector Ruiz into the boardroom and replacing him with second-in-command Dirk Meyer.

Hector Ruiz Named Executive Chairman of AMD AMD EDITORIAL CONTACT: Drew Prairie, 512-602-4425 drew.prairie@amd.com or INVESTOR CONTACT: Ruth Cotter, 408-749-3887 ruth.cotter@amd.com Logo: http://www.amd.com AMD (NYSE:AMD) today announced that its board of directors elected President and COO Dirk Meyer as the company's chief executive officer.

Advanced Micro Devices, a provider of processing solutions, has named Nigel Dessau as chief marketing officer. Mr Dessau brings 22 years of technology sales and marketing leadership experience at IBM and Sun, and will be responsible for AMD's global marketing, image and campaign strategies.

AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the appointment of Ahmed Mahmoud as CIO. He brings more than 20 years of enterprise information technology (IT) leadership experience, most recently as vice president of IT at Dell.