AMD Changing the Game Education Initiative Expands Beyond US
AMD today announced it is expanding its signature education initiative, AMD Changing the Game, beyond North America, by co-sponsoring a digital game development and design workshop at the Malaysian Cybergames Festival. The festival aims to expose primary school children across Malaysia to computing technology and potential careers in the IT industry. AMD Changing the Game, the flagship initiative of the AMD Foundation, is designed to help foster science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) skills for students through the development of games on important social issues such as the environment, energy consumption, public health and many others.
AMD’s participation in the festival is two-fold. AMD will sponsor the “Dare to Create” workshop, a seminar that encourages innovation and creativity by teaching students how to design and develop digital games. AMD also is providing 80 PCs featuring AMD Athlon II X2 processors and ATI Radeon HD 5670 graphics cards for use during the festival and for the festival’s gaming competition. Today’s event in Perak, Malaysia is the first of a series of state-level competitions under the Malaysian Cybergames Festival, and will culminate in the national finals in July. AMD’s cash sponsorship and in-kind contributions total approximately $100,000 USD.
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