ATI's New ALL-IN-WONDER 9000 PRO Now Available In North America.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MARKHAM, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 31, 2003 Broadly available addition to ALL-IN-WONDER(R) family enables viewing, pausing and recording of favorite TV programs ATI Technologies Inc. (TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension :ATY ATY Air Textured Yarn (textile) ATY Watertown, SD, USA (Airport Code) ATY After-Tax Yield , NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ATYT ATYT ATI Technologies, Inc (stock symbol) ) today announced the North American availability of ALL-IN-WONDER(R) 9000 PRO, a cost-effective multimedia video card that combines great game graphics with intelligent TV-on-the-PC PVR See DVR. (personal video recording) functionality. In addition to availability in major computer retail outlets and on ATI (ATI Technologies Inc., Markham Ontario, http://ati.amd.com) A leading manufacturer of graphics chips and display adapters. Founded in 1985 by K. Y. Ho, Benny Lau and Lee Lau, ATI chips and boards are widely used by OEMs. .com, ALL-IN-WONDER 9000 PRO is also an option for purchase from Dell Computers. Available for (US)$199, ALL-IN-WONDER 9000 PRO provides incredible 3D games graphics performance. Users can benefit from the free interactive program guide and ATI's TV-ON-DEMAND(TM) to record and timeshift their favorite TV programs. "ATI's ALL-IN-WONDER 9000 PRO enables desktop PC users to keep current with late-breaking TV news or with their favorite TV programs," said Rick Bergman, Senior Vice President, Marketing and General Manager, Desktop, ATI Technologies Inc. "Favorite TV shows and home movies, recorded by the ALL-IN-WONDER 9000 PRO, can be archived to DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. . In addition, ALL-IN-WONDER 9000 PRO provides a great multimedia computer experience by combining eye-popping game graphics including support for Microsoft(R) DirectX(R) 8.1, with high quality video editing and enhanced TV viewing." ALL-IN-WONDER 9000 PRO offers the following features: -- ATI's MULTIMEDIA CENTER 8.1 offers a full range of critically- acclaimed multimedia functions including: -- Enhanced TV-ON-DEMAND(TM) PVR for instant replays, pausing live TV or recording live broadcasts for later viewing; -- mulTView(TM) - Enables dual TV tuner capabilities such as Picture-in-Picture when combined with ATI-TV WONDER(TM) or TV WONDER(TM) VE; -- THRUVIEW(TM) - Allows for translucent viewing of TV, DVD (digital versatile disk) and video file playback; -- VIDEOSOAP(TM) - Delivers advanced filtering to reduce noise, improve sharpness and soften focus as desired to provide the highest quality video compression for PVR and personal video editing functions; -- FULLSTREAM(TM) - Uses pixel shaders, based on innovative technology in RADEON(TM) 9000 PRO, to remove blocky artifacts artifacts see specimen artifacts. from streaming video and provides sharper image quality and greater scalability; and, -- Closed Caption Search within TV-ON-DEMAND complements the popular "Hotwords" functionality with the PVR allowing the computer to search for content of interest whether it happens in the future or the recent past; -- REMOTE WONDER(TM) offers remote control via RF (radio frequency) for instant easy access to all the multimedia features (TV, video, DVD - and more) from another room in the house or office (requires USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. - universal serial bus See USB. (hardware, standard) Universal Serial Bus - (USB) An external peripheral interface standard for communication between a computer and external peripherals over an inexpensive cable using biserial transmission. ) - thus providing a 30-foot User Interface in the palm of your hand; -- ATI's THEATER(TM) 200 - Provides exceptional video and stereo audio quality viewing during live TV and video input and capture - all based on technologies from ATI's digital television research and development; -- Gemstar's GuidePlus+ provides an intelligent free integrated program guide (North America only) allowing user to view and search TV listing by category, actor/performer, or date. Schedule and record programs at the click of a mouse - all the benefits of a PVR without the monthly fees; -- RADEON(TM) 9000 PRO (video processor unit) and 64MB (megabyte) DDR (Double Data Rate) Refers to an SDRAM memory chip that increases performance by doubling the effective data rate of the frontside bus. For more details, see SDRAM. DDR - Double Data Rate Random Access Memory memory - Designed for exciting 3D graphics and gaming; -- VIDEOSHADERS(TM) - Uses programmable pixel shader technology to accelerate video processing and provide better-looking visuals; -- Security/monitoring camera functionality (using attached separate camera); -- Stereo TV-tuner with 125 channels; -- Analog video capture and editing in MPEG-2 format at up to 720x480x30 fps NTSC (National TV Standards Committee) The committee that developed the television standards for the U.S, which are also used in Canada, Japan, South Korea and several Central and South American countries. Both the committee and the standard are called "NTSC. and 720x576x25 fps PAL/Secam; -- Support for DirectX(R) 8.1 pixel shaders and OpenGL(R) and, -- Backed by quality ATI customer support and a 3-year limited warranty, ALL-IN-WONDER 9000 PRO supports Windows(R) XP, Windows(R) 2000, Windows(R) Me, and Windows(R) 98/98 SE (Windows Me driver can be installed on Windows 98/98SE). Company Background ATI Technologies Inc. is a world leader in the design and manufacture of innovative 3D graphics and digital media silicon solutions. An industry pioneer since 1985, ATI is the world's foremost visual processor unit (VPU VPU Video Processing Unit VPU Vice Presidential Unit (World Bank) VPU VicarĂa Pastoral Universitaria (Santiago, Chile) VPU Vulnerable Prisoner Unit (UK) ) provider and is dedicated to deliver leading-edge performance solutions for the full range of PC and Mac desktop and notebook platforms, workstation, set-top and digital television, game console and handheld markets. With 2002 revenues in excess of US $1 billion, ATI has more than 1,900 employees in the Americas, Europe and Asia. ATI common shares trade on NASDAQ (ATYT) and the Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options. (ATY). Copyright 2003 ATI Technologies Inc. All rights reserved. ATI and ATI product and product feature names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of ATI Technologies Inc. All other company and product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Features, pricing, availability and specifications are subject to change without notice. For media or industry analyst support, visit our Web site at http://www.ati.com. |
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