The new devices, designed by university students from South America, were created as part of the Connecting the World contest - a competition open to Latin American students who presented projects that would help further AMD's 50x15 initiative to connect 50 percent of the population with Internet access by 2015.

AMD announced the winning teams of the inaugural “Connecting the World” product design contest. The team from the University of Chile received the Chairman’s Award for GOTA, an affordable Internet connectivity solution that local water utility companies would commercialize for rural populations. The team from UnicenP, a university in Brazil, received the Judges’ Award for E-Cipó, an Internet access terminal that utilizes GPRS wireless technology to connect to television sets via UHF signals thus eliminating the need for a computer monitor.

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