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In the 2023-24 school year, AMD and Scientists in School worked to ignite STEM curiosity in over 1,400 young scientists through 60 enriching workshops across Canada.
Our Approach
At AMD we believe that in the hands of the best and brightest, our technology can help address our shared challenges, so we can create a better future together. We take a collaborative approach to advance digital impact across areas such as scientific research, STEM education, and responsible product use.
Our Goal and Progress
We have set a public goal and are committed to making meaningful progress in our corporate responsibility efforts.
100 million people to benefit from AMD and AMD Foundation philanthropy and partnerships that enable STEM education, scientific research, and the workforce of the future from AMD donations initiated by 2025 (base year 2020)
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Fueling the Engine of Scientific Research: AMD and HPE Power El Capitan Exascale-Level Supercomputer
Several years in the making, the National Nuclear Security Administration’s first exascale supercomputer – El Capitan – is nearing completion. An exascale supercomputer can calculate at least 1 exaflop – 1 quintillion (1018) calculations per second. Powered by AMD and HPE, El Capitan is projected to be the world’s most powerful supercomputer, able to calculate more than 2 exaflops.
Equipping Learning Labs to Support Tomorrow’s Rising STEM Stars
In 2023, we collaborated with Maynooth University to establish an AMD Learning Lab in Dublin, Ireland to support the “STEM Passport for Inclusion” program for secondary school female students in socially disadvantaged communities.
Advancing Scientific Research
We bring our commitment to advancing scientific research to life through the AMD University Program, which empowers academics with AMD technologies and educational resources to support classroom teaching. Our efforts include the AMD AI & HPC Fund and the collaborative AMD Heterogeneous Accelerated Compute Clusters (HACCs) program.
Empowering STEM Education
We are passionate about enabling the imagination and creativity of the next generation. Technology in their hands encourages exploration and learning that open doors to new careers and possibilities.
AMD Learning Labs
We work with schools, educators, and local non-profit organizations to outfit AMD Learning Labs with AMD processor-based equipment, helping inspire students to pursue STEM education and empower their teachers.
As of December 2023, AMD sponsored labs were installed in Dublin, Markham, Shanghai, Singapore, Penang, Austin, and San Jose.
Robotics
Robotics is a popular topic in STEM education, as it provides an opportunity for students to prepare for the jobs of the future in a practical and engaging way.
AMD has sponsored several teams in the FIRST Robotics Competition over the years. Each team uses the RoboRIO controller, powered by an AMD Zynq™ adaptive SoC, to build their robots.
Regional Spotlights
Addressing Responsible Product Use
While we focus on harnessing the opportunities technology can bring, we also recognize its potential risks and the need to create guardrails that balance innovation with responsibility. AMD is committed to the responsible and ethical development of innovative technology, and to taking action to disrupt any malign use of our products that cause negative impacts.
Responsible AI
With the immense opportunity of AI comes the challenge of keeping the technology focused on positive outcomes and helping solve some of humanity’s complex problems. AMD is committed to working with the industry to innovate and deploy AI in a responsible manner.
Collaborating with our Partners to Solve the World’s Most Important Challenges
Leadership products and deep partnerships help advance the world. From aerospace and automotive, through energy and climate, to healthcare and beyond, partnerships advance almost every facet of the world we live in. Together, we turn the hardest problems into the greatest possibilities.
Industry Collaboration
While we work to enhance and accelerate the possible benefits of our technology, we also remain mindful of the potential for negative impacts, such as increased energy consumption, threats to privacy, human rights abuses, and addictive behaviors. AMD actively engages in industry dialogues on these and other technological challenges through forums such as the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI), the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA), and the Semiconductor Climate Consortium (sponsored by SEMI).
Footnotes
- The time period for the Digital Impact goal includes donations made after January 1, 2020 and initiated by December 31, 2025. “Initiated” is defined as AMD and the recipient organization reaching an agreement on an AMD donation, which must be delivered by July 30, 2026. Reported data includes: direct beneficiaries defined as students, faculty, or researchers with direct access to AMD-donated technology, funding, or volunteers; and indirect beneficiaries defined as individuals with a reasonable likelihood of receiving research data formulated through AMD-donated technology and potentially gaining useful insights or knowledge. AMD conducts annual surveys with recipient organizations to estimate direct beneficiaries, and in the case of the AI & HPC Fund, indirect beneficiaries as well. To address gaps and/or inconsistencies in survey responses, AMD uses an economic-based impact assumption to estimate the total number of indirect beneficiaries (not applied to direct beneficiaries) by dividing the total market-value of donations in a given years by the total reported indirect beneficiary values from recipients’ surveys for the same year. The data shows the ratio is 1.08 on average for the 3 years of data available (2021, 2022, 2023). Therefore, AMD assumes for every $1M USD of market-value donated, approximately 1.08 million people will indirectly benefit. AMD also assumes that the annual estimated indirect beneficiaries in year 1 continues to reach additional individuals in year 2 and year 3, but at a reduced rate. The impact depreciation rate assumes year 2 beneficiaries amount to 50% of year 1 estimates, and year 3 beneficiaries amount to 25% of year 1 estimates. AMD goal calculations are third-party verified (limited level assurance) based on data supplied by recipient organizations, which is not independently verified by AMD, and AMD economic-based impact models based on data supplied by recipient organizations.
Footnotes
- The time period for the Digital Impact goal includes donations made after January 1, 2020 and initiated by December 31, 2025. “Initiated” is defined as AMD and the recipient organization reaching an agreement on an AMD donation, which must be delivered by July 30, 2026. Reported data includes: direct beneficiaries defined as students, faculty, or researchers with direct access to AMD-donated technology, funding, or volunteers; and indirect beneficiaries defined as individuals with a reasonable likelihood of receiving research data formulated through AMD-donated technology and potentially gaining useful insights or knowledge. AMD conducts annual surveys with recipient organizations to estimate direct beneficiaries, and in the case of the AI & HPC Fund, indirect beneficiaries as well. To address gaps and/or inconsistencies in survey responses, AMD uses an economic-based impact assumption to estimate the total number of indirect beneficiaries (not applied to direct beneficiaries) by dividing the total market-value of donations in a given years by the total reported indirect beneficiary values from recipients’ surveys for the same year. The data shows the ratio is 1.08 on average for the 3 years of data available (2021, 2022, 2023). Therefore, AMD assumes for every $1M USD of market-value donated, approximately 1.08 million people will indirectly benefit. AMD also assumes that the annual estimated indirect beneficiaries in year 1 continues to reach additional individuals in year 2 and year 3, but at a reduced rate. The impact depreciation rate assumes year 2 beneficiaries amount to 50% of year 1 estimates, and year 3 beneficiaries amount to 25% of year 1 estimates. AMD goal calculations are third-party verified (limited level assurance) based on data supplied by recipient organizations, which is not independently verified by AMD, and AMD economic-based impact models based on data supplied by recipient organizations.