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 Technology News | September 2006 
AMD takes Internet to Mexican Students
 Austin Business Journal
| | AMD rolled out the personal Internet communicators in 2004, aiming at underserved markets around the world. |
The International Center of Austin is leading a local team to donate 80 of AMD's low-cost Internet devices to a university in Mexico.
Chip company Advanced Micro Devices Inc. rolled out the personal Internet communicators in 2004, aiming at underserved markets around the world. Sunnyvale, Calif.-based AMD (NYSE: AMD) designed the devices to enable half the world's population to connect to the Internet by 2015.
The nonprofit ICA will present the donation on Wednesday to Saltillo, Mexico's Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila. The ICA teamed with stakeholders from the city of Austin, AMD and the Sister Cities Program of Austin.
Austin Mayor Will Wynn says the work of the sister cities "has both furthered the existing spirit of international cooperation we share with Saltillo and demonstrated a cross-border commitment to the bridging of the digital divide."
Gustavo Arenas, corporate vice president of high growth markets at AMD, says such connections help drive important businesses, societal and cultural change.
"In this new era, where access to the global digital economy can literally transform people's lives in profound ways, business leaders have a responsibility to do all we can to put technology into the hands of as many people as possible around the world," Arenas says. "Our work with the ICA to help connect students in Saltillo and Coahuila is an important part of this global effort." |
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