At the end of 2007, the very first XO laptops reached thousands of children in places like Uruguay, Peru, Mongolia and Ethiopia.

Through the Give One, Get One program from the non-profit One Laptop Per Child, donors in the United States and Canada recently raised $35 million by buying one XO laptop for themselves while donating another to children in the developing world.

At AMD, we’re proud to be part of a group that dares to try new solutions to the world’s problems. With simple machines that provide what these children need: low energy consumption, rugged hardware and far-ranging wireless connections.  It is a new approach to education... to partnership... to world connectivity.

"Through the collaboration of our partners, OLPC has successfully begun to fulfill its mission of bringing education and learning to the children of developing countries," says OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte.

And there’s more to come, through close collaboration across a growing number of communities, like the members of the 50x15 Initiative, founded by AMD.

Our goal is simple: Not technology for technology’s sake, but people and technology for your sake.

Matthew Chetty sees a world of hope in the eyes of schoolchildren he meets in African villages – connected for the first time to the Internet and a wider world. That's why Matthew joined AMD’s efforts – to turn technology into opportunity. "Just to see the looks on the kids' faces makes it all worthwhile," he says.

At AMD, we believe in putting our innovations to work for people all around the world. For example, the 50x15 Initiative reflects our commitment to bring affordable Internet access to 50 percent of the world’s population by the year 2015. So that billions have the power to change their own lives by connecting to others.

Our goal is simple: Not technology for technology’s sake, but people and technology for your sake.

The 50x15 Foundation was established to make the goal of digital inclusion a reality. The Foundation helps bring together businesses, non-profit organizations and individuals who want to be part of the solution.