Lisa Su

Career

Su was a member of the technical staff at Texas Instruments from 1994 to 1995, then spent 13 years at IBM in engineering and business leadership roles, including vice president of the Semiconductor Research and Development Center, responsible for the direction of IBM's silicon technologies and semiconductor R&D.⁴¹

Su joined Freescale Semiconductor in 2007 as chief technology officer and later led its Networking and Multimedia business. Su joined AMD in January 2012 as senior vice president and general manager of global business units, became chief operating officer in July 2014, and was appointed president and chief executive officer in October 2014. AMD's board named Su its chair in February 2022.⁴⁵¹

AI products and industry roles

At AMD's Advancing AI event in June 2025, the company presented an end-to-end AI platform built on open industry standards, including the AMD Instinct MI350 series accelerators and the ROCm open software stack for GPU computing.³⁶

Outside AMD, Su chairs the board of the Semiconductor Industry Association and was appointed to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.¹

Work and contributions

• ROCm Open-source code

  AMD's June 2025 Advancing AI press release quotes Su, as AMD chair and CEO, on growing momentum for the ROCm open software stack alongside the launch of the AMD Instinct MI350 series accelerators; the release describes ROCm 7 as the latest version of AMD's open-source AI software stack.³

Timeline

1. 1994Joined Texas Instruments as a member of technical staff, serving until 1995.⁴
2. 2007Joined Freescale Semiconductor as chief technology officer.⁴¹
3. Jan 2012Joined AMD as senior vice president and general manager, global business units.⁴¹
4. Jul 2014Became chief operating officer of AMD.⁴
5. Oct 8, 2014Was appointed president and chief executive officer of AMD and joined its board of directors.⁵⁴
6. Feb 2022Was named chair of AMD's board of directors.⁴
7. Jun 12, 2025Was quoted in AMD's Advancing AI 2025 release on the launch of the Instinct MI350 series accelerators.³

Other documented roles

Roles the sources document that are not confirmed as current.

• Chief Operating Officer; earlier senior vice president and general manager, global business units (joined January 2012), AMD¹
• Chief Technology Officer (joined 2007); later senior vice president and general manager, Networking and Multimedia, Freescale Semiconductor¹
• Engineering and business leadership positions over 13 years, including vice president of the Semiconductor Research and Development Center, IBM¹
• Member of the technical staff, Semiconductor Process and Device Center (1994–1995), Texas Instruments¹

Honors and recognition

• IEEE Fellow · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2009⁴
• IEEE Robert N. Noyce Medal · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2021¹⁴
• Member of the National Academy of Engineering · National Academy of Engineering¹⁴
• Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences · American Academy of Arts and Sciences¹⁴
• Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award · Global Semiconductor Association¹⁴
• SEMI Silicon Medal · SEMI, 2025¹
• National Medal of Science · United States government, 2026¹

Where they work

• AMD 3 people in the wiki

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