---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000002488-24-000172"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AMD"
cik: "0000002488"
company_name: "ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC"
filed_at: "2024-11-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T23:19:33.509272+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AMD appoints Philip Carter as CAO, Darla Smith resigns effective Nov 18

## Summary
- Darla Smith resigned as CAO effective Nov 18, 2024; she stays as Corp VP until Jan 17, 2025 for transition.
- Philip Carter appointed CAO effective Nov 18, 2024; previously CAO at Skyworks Solutions.
- Carter's base salary is $400,000, annual bonus target 70%, and a $250,000 sign-on bonus.
- Carter receives $1.125M in time-vesting RSUs and $375,000 in performance-based RSUs.
- Smith's resignation is not due to any dispute or disagreement with AMD.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000002488-24-000172
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AMD
- cik: 0000002488
- company_name: ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC
- filed_at: 2024-11-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2488/000000248824000172/0000002488-24-000172-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2488/000000248824000172/amd-20241113.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000002488-24-000172
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000002488-24-000172.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Darla Smith resigned as Chief Accounting Officer at ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: Effective November 18, 2024, Ms. Smith will cease serving as AMD’s Chief Accounting Officer and continue her employment as Corporate Vice President until January 17, 2025 to assist with transition matters.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2488/000000248824000172/0000002488-24-000172-index.htm
- Executive change
  Philip Carter was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer at ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: the Board of Directors of AMD appointed Mr. Philip Carter, 46, as AMD’s Corporate Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and principal accounting officer effective as of November 18, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2488/000000248824000172/0000002488-24-000172-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.