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20th Annual AMD W.J. “Jerry” Sanders Inspiring Innovation Creative Design Competition

College students from around the world come to participate in the 20th Annual AMD W.J. “Jerry” Sanders Creative Design Competition, a two-day contest of robotic design and engineering. This year, robots will battle against the clock and each other to move colored hoops and discs to color-changing bases around the 2000 square-foot, two-level course. More points are awarded towards the end of each round as the time that teams have to drop off their hoops and discs decreases. Four teams compete simultaneously in ten-minute rounds, and the highest scoring teams advance to the final rounds on Saturday, March 10th.



Scoring: • 15 points for each disc deposited at a base of its color • 25 points for each hoop deposited at a base of its color • Point values for objects will increase during the ten minute round

“Jerry” Sanders III graduated from the Univeristy of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign in 1958 with a Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering. Since then, he’s gone on to start one of the most successful companies of our times. W.J. “Jerry” Sanders III co-founded Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) in 1969. Under his leadership, AMD grew from being a “second-sourcer” of other companies’ products to its current position as the fourth largest semiconductor manufacturer in the United States. Sanders also co-founded several prominent industry grous including the Semiconductor Industry Association, the Santa Clara Manufacturing Group, the Semiconductor Research Corporation and the Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation. The Wall Street Transcript named Sanders the Best Chieft Executive Officer in the semiconductor industry for the years 1983, 1984, and 1985, and runner-up in 1991. Mr. Sanders received the Robert N. Noyce Award from the Semi-conductor Industry Association (SIA) in 1998. In 2001 he received the Medal of Achievement for the AeA, the nation’s largest high tech industy association. Sanders’ continued support for the Unviersity of Illinois and in particular this design contest is a testament to his support or education xompetition, both of which he thinks breeds success, creativity, and excellence.

W.J. Sanders III Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

Location and Time: March 9 and 10, 2007 Kenney Gym Annex University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign Schedule: Competition will take place from 9 am to 4 pm on both days with final rounds starting around 1 pm on Saturday, March 10th. There will be rounds running at all times with bonus rounds and even crowd participation events spaced throughout the day. W.J. “Jerry” Sanders Creative Design Competition Committee Director: Jeff Keith Rules Chair: Chris Reeg Field Chair: Alex Lorch Multimedia Chair: Casey Roth Publicity Chair: Dan McKenna Webmaster: Stephen Kemph Faculty Advisor: Dan Mast