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Raza, with over 30 years of experience in the electronics industry, is a highly respected veteran with broad industry expertise in both engineering and management. Prior to founding Raza Microelectronics, he was the President and Chief Operating Officer of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), as well as serving on its board of directors. At AMD, Raza was responsible for laying the foundation of AMD's processor roadmap and brought the AMD-K6� and Athlon's family of processor products to the market. Raza became part of AMD's management team after the merger with NexGen, Inc. in January 1996. At NexGen, he was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Before joining NexGen, Raza held various engineering and management positions within VLSI Technology Incorporated, most notably Vice President of Technology Centers.
Raza also serves on the board of directors of Matrix Semiconductors, Zeevo, AMI Semiconductor and TRG.
Raza earned his bachelor's degree with honors from the University of London and a master's degree from Stanford University. | 