AMD executive John Byrne at CES 2015.
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Why AMD is staying out of the Internet of Things chip market (updated)

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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[Update: AMD announced John Byrne has left the company to pursue other interests — 1/12/15]

John Byrne has a tough job. As senior vice president and general manager of the computing and graphics business group at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), he has to go head-to-head against Intel, the world’s largest chip maker. That means AMD has to be more focused and selective when it comes to designing its computer processors and graphics chips.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.