AMD Powers Technology School Of The Future
Announcement posted by AMD 03 Jul 2002
AMD demonstrates commitment to education with support of renowned South Australian teacher training centre
AMD today announced that it is donating computers to equip two new computer laboratories at the internationally renowned Technology School of the Future (TSoF) in Adelaide. The Hon. Trish White, South Australia's Minister for Education and Children's Services, presided over the opening of the new AMD Curriculum Lab and the AMD Showcase Lab.
AMD also announced that a planned comprehensive upgrade project over the next 12 months will see the majority of computers across the centre powered by AMD processors. AMD also plans to instigate a series of customised technical training and accreditation programs for both students and teaching staff and develop an annual student award scheme for the centre.
TSoF is a unique staff training and development centre within the South Australian Department of Education, Training and Employment and is the largest provider of hands-on teacher training in school use of computers in Australia. The centre exists to explore the new technologies and to support teachers in the development of new teaching methods to integrate into classroom programs. The AMD Curriculum Lab is equipped with 15 AMD Duron(tm) processor-based PCs and will be used to train principals and teachers on the full IT curriculum. The AMD Showcase Lab features 17 top-end AMD Athlon(tm) XP processor-based PCs, allowing teachers and students alike to gain experience of computing at a highly advanced level. This is the first phase of a program that is designed to equip the majority of the centre with AMD processor-based computers.
"New information and communication technologies are both allowing and requiring major changes in schools," said John Travers, manager, TsoF. "At TSoF we are committed to providing unparalleled facilities for IT training and AMD's support helps to ensure that we have the latest in computing power.
"We have been using AMD processors in most of our PCs for over a year. We require high-performance processing including 3D graphics and we have found AMD processors to be reliable, fast and compatible," continued Mr. Travers. "Their scalability allows us to deploy a range of processor types using the same hardware, thus reducing our management and set-up time and simplifying processor upgrades."
"As a supporter of TSoF, AMD is empowering education by providing reliable high-performance products to help teachers and students explore technology," said John Robinson, country manager, Australia and New Zealand, AMD. "Our contribution to TSoF is consistent with our ongoing support for research and education in Australia."
AMD has contracted local systems integrator ASI Solutions to build the systems for the two laboratories. The joint initiative demonstrates the commitment of both companies to foster technology programs in the education sector. According to Ken Lowe, managing director, ASI Solutions, "The vision of South Australian Education to provide the South Australian community with The Technology School of the Future facility is to be applauded. We have strongly supported education in Australia and we are looking forward to supporting the future direction of the school."
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About AMD
AMD is a global supplier of integrated circuits for the personal and networked computer and communications markets with manufacturing facilities in the United States, Europe, Japan, and Asia. AMD, a Fortune 500 and Standard & Poor's 500 company, produces microprocessors, Flash memory devices, and support circuitry for communications and networking applications. Founded in 1969 and based in Sunnyvale, California, AMD had revenues of US$3.9 billion in 2001. (NYSE: AMD).
Website: www.amd.com
AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, AMD Athlon, AMD Duron, and combinations thereof, are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Other product names are for informational purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective companies.
AMD also announced that a planned comprehensive upgrade project over the next 12 months will see the majority of computers across the centre powered by AMD processors. AMD also plans to instigate a series of customised technical training and accreditation programs for both students and teaching staff and develop an annual student award scheme for the centre.
TSoF is a unique staff training and development centre within the South Australian Department of Education, Training and Employment and is the largest provider of hands-on teacher training in school use of computers in Australia. The centre exists to explore the new technologies and to support teachers in the development of new teaching methods to integrate into classroom programs. The AMD Curriculum Lab is equipped with 15 AMD Duron(tm) processor-based PCs and will be used to train principals and teachers on the full IT curriculum. The AMD Showcase Lab features 17 top-end AMD Athlon(tm) XP processor-based PCs, allowing teachers and students alike to gain experience of computing at a highly advanced level. This is the first phase of a program that is designed to equip the majority of the centre with AMD processor-based computers.
"New information and communication technologies are both allowing and requiring major changes in schools," said John Travers, manager, TsoF. "At TSoF we are committed to providing unparalleled facilities for IT training and AMD's support helps to ensure that we have the latest in computing power.
"We have been using AMD processors in most of our PCs for over a year. We require high-performance processing including 3D graphics and we have found AMD processors to be reliable, fast and compatible," continued Mr. Travers. "Their scalability allows us to deploy a range of processor types using the same hardware, thus reducing our management and set-up time and simplifying processor upgrades."
"As a supporter of TSoF, AMD is empowering education by providing reliable high-performance products to help teachers and students explore technology," said John Robinson, country manager, Australia and New Zealand, AMD. "Our contribution to TSoF is consistent with our ongoing support for research and education in Australia."
AMD has contracted local systems integrator ASI Solutions to build the systems for the two laboratories. The joint initiative demonstrates the commitment of both companies to foster technology programs in the education sector. According to Ken Lowe, managing director, ASI Solutions, "The vision of South Australian Education to provide the South Australian community with The Technology School of the Future facility is to be applauded. We have strongly supported education in Australia and we are looking forward to supporting the future direction of the school."
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About AMD
AMD is a global supplier of integrated circuits for the personal and networked computer and communications markets with manufacturing facilities in the United States, Europe, Japan, and Asia. AMD, a Fortune 500 and Standard & Poor's 500 company, produces microprocessors, Flash memory devices, and support circuitry for communications and networking applications. Founded in 1969 and based in Sunnyvale, California, AMD had revenues of US$3.9 billion in 2001. (NYSE: AMD).
Website: www.amd.com
AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, AMD Athlon, AMD Duron, and combinations thereof, are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Other product names are for informational purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective companies.