As part of the promotion and hype-building for its 64-bit range of processors, AMD is running a Treasure Hunt style of competition so if you possess a hunger for hidden treasure and technology, join AMD on a global journey across the world on the High-Tech Treasure Hunt of 64 virtual geocache locations. Each correct answer increases your opportunity for winning the grand prize!
Inside their competition site, follow download tab above for the link, you will find 64 clues to begin your virtual geocache journey. The prize is nothing less than an AMD Athlon 64 processor-based desktop system and a cash prize of USD 6,400.
Each correct answer to one of the 64 locations enters you into a drawing to win - the more correct answers, the more chances of winning! One grand prize winner will be selected in a random drawing following the conclusion of the contest on Sept. 15, 2003.
Think you know the company whose debut product won more than 50 Game of the Year honors worldwide? What about the company that uses AMD processor-based technology to perform computational fluid dynamics simulations of the flow environments during flight?
One interesting piece of information that does come out of the competition is located at clue No.16. According to a reader letter received by the inquirer.net, clue 16 suggests that the site of the AMD Athlon 64 launch on Sept. 23, 2003 will be located at
LATITUDE: 37.7861535263576 and LONGITUDE: -122.401866681696. Those details refer to the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco.
