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Given that almost any place in Silicon Valley is tough to work these days, it is an average place to work

Senior CAD Design Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at AMD for less than 1 year
May 16, 2010
Sunnyvale, California
2.0
Approves of CEO
Pros

Unlike other processor design companies, there is an opportunity to work in a small set of related areas. The tendency to get boxed-in is less probable here, if there is initiative from the employee. And good work is certainly recognized.

Cons

The management has started a new focus on business objectives with the whole "Vision" thing. But it is unclear how far they will be able to gain against Intel. Yes, simplifying choices and designing consumer-oriented products is certainly a positive sign. But your competitor can easily do the same thing if they have a better product.

Advice to Management

Understand the value add over what your competitor is offering at a much deeper level.

Put a lot of focus on benchmarking and highlighting the differences between your offerings and your competitor's offerings. From what I heard, there is not much focus or expertise within the company to quantitatively show the superiority of AMD's products from a marketing standpoint.

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