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Photos: When tech chiefs rock out...

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By Tim Ferguson

Published: 22 January 2008 16:02 GMT


AMD CEO, Hector Ruiz, often takes to the stage with a guitar slung around his neck at tech events.

Here he is jamming at the Comdex tech show in Las Vegas in 2002. He played a modified version of Knocking on Heaven's Door called Knocking in 64 in honour of the AMD64 technology he was launching.

Photo credit: AMD


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