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Hector Ruiz in "Connettere il mondo"

Filmed Jun 2007 • Posted May 2008TEDGlobal 2007
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Hector Ruiz, dirigente in AMD, vuole offrire l'accesso ad internet a tutti. In questo discorso, parla della straordinaria storia della sua vita e descrive l'iniziativa AMD 50X15, che cerca di connettere il 50% del mondo entro il 2015.

The executive chairman of AMD, Hector Ruiz is devoted to his company's 50x15 initiative, which seeks to give 50 percent of the world's population access to the internet by 2015. Full bio »

Translated into Italian by Chiara Colucci
Reviewed by Massimo Garzotto
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