AMD CEO Hector Ruiz talks about his dream of giving the whole world access to the Internet. AMD's 50x15 initiative hopes to connect 50 percent of the world to the Net by 2015. Sharing his own life story, Ruiz shows how access to ideas is life-changing.
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