▁the ▁newly ▁formed ▁Technology ▁& ▁Engineering ▁Group ▁under ▁former ▁CE O ▁R ory ▁Read , ▁Pap erm aster ▁was ▁given ▁o vers ight ▁for ▁all ▁of ▁A MD ' s ▁technology ▁teams . ▁He ▁was ▁also ▁given ▁o vers ight ▁for ▁all ▁of ▁A MD ' s ▁products , ▁“ cor por ate ▁technical ▁direction ,” ▁and ▁research ▁and ▁development , ▁including ▁system - on - ch ip ▁( SO C ) ▁product ▁design ▁and ▁integrated ▁hardware ▁and ▁software . ▁Pap erm aster , ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁rec ru ited ▁to ▁A MD ▁by ▁Nick ▁Don of rio , ▁himself ▁h ired ▁Jim ▁K eller , ▁and ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁Pap erm aster ▁h ired ▁Apple ▁chip ▁designer ▁R aja ▁K od uri , ▁who ▁reported ▁to ▁him ▁directly . ▁ ▁One ▁of ▁his ▁first ▁orders ▁of ▁business ▁was ▁to ▁rest ruct ure ▁the ▁CPU ▁design ▁team ▁to ▁build ▁Z en , ▁a ▁new ▁high ▁performance ▁x 8 6 ▁processor ▁core . ▁Under ▁Pap erm aster , ▁by ▁early ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁several ▁other ▁new ▁lines ▁of ▁CPU s ▁and ▁graph ic ▁process ors ▁were ▁under ▁development ▁as ▁well , ▁ ▁for ▁example ▁the ▁data ▁center ▁processor ▁EP Y C ▁series , ▁which ▁launched ▁in ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁with ▁A MD ' s ▁new ▁Z en ▁micro architecture . ▁Ry zen ▁Thread ri pper ▁high - end ▁desktop ▁process ors ▁released ▁in ▁the ▁summer ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁also ▁util ized ▁Z en