ATI's RADEON 7000 Graphics Boards Selected by Acer to Deliver Top-Quality Entertainment Capabilities to Acer Aspire Consumer Lines of PCs.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers TORONTO, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 29, 2001 RADEON(TM) 7000 One of ATI's Most Popular Mainstream OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and Boards ATI Technologies “ATI” redirects here. For other uses, see Ati. ATI Technologies U.L.C. ATI is a major Canadian designer and supplier of graphics processing units, motherboard chipsets, and video display cards. Inc. (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :ATY ATY Air Textured Yarn (textile) ATY Watertown, SD, USA (Airport Code) ATY After-Tax Yield ), (Nasdaq:ATYT ATYT ATI Technologies, Inc (stock symbol) ), a world leader in the supply of graphics, video and multimedia solutions, announced today that Acer is now shipping its Aspire personal PC consumer systems with graphics powered by ATI's RADEON(TM) 7000 32 MB graphics board. The Acer Aspire computers, among the world's most popular consumer systems, feature Intel's Pentium(R) 4 CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. . The RADEON 7000 board, perfectly balanced with the Pentium 4 processor, features solid 2D and 3D performance, excellent visual quality and 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. playback. "The RADEON 7000, with performance that can easily handle popular games and boasts exceptional quality video and DVD playback, has been one of ATI's most successful add-in boards for the mainstream," said Rick Bergman, Senior Vice President of Marketing and General Manager, Desktop Division, ATI Technologies Inc. "RADEON 7000 is valued for both its entertainment and productivity benefits." The RADEON 7000-equipped Acer systems are ideal for gaming, handling 3D web content and DVD playback on the PC. "Acer is pleased to include the RADEON 7000 graphics board in our Aspire computers," said James C. Chen, Associate Vice President of Acer's Desktop PC product business. "Our customers will enjoy the solid graphics power, as well as the video and DVD capabilities of the board." About ATI Technologies Inc. Founded in 1985, ATI Technologies Inc. is a world leader in the supply of graphics, video and multimedia solutions for the personal computer and Mac platforms. The pioneer, innovator and market leader in the graphics industry, 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. provides cutting-edge technologies for the PC, workstation, set-top box, game console and other consumer appliances markets. The Company has more than 1,900 employees supporting customers from its headquarters in Markham, Ontario, Canada, as well as from offices in Barbados, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, Malaysia, the United Kingdom and the United States. 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). About the Acer Group Established in 1976, Acer is among the world's top ten branded PC vendors. Acer employs marketing and service operations across Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas, supporting dealers and distributors in over 100 nations. In addition to offering a broad spectrum of IT products and computer peripherals, Acer is also a leading innovator of e-business, providing MegaMicro e-enabling solutions that combine IT products with a range of Micro services delivered via Acer's Mega infrastructure. For more information about Acer, please visit our website at www.acer.com. Note to Editors: ATI and ATI product and product feature names, including RADEON 7000, 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. Acer and the Acer logo are registered trademarks of Acer Incorporated. For media or industry analyst support, please visit our Web site at http://www.ati.com or contact: Brian Chadderton, acting Dir/PR, ATI Technologies Inc., at 905/882-2600, ext. 8350 or bchadder@ati.com Patricia Macdonald, Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Manager, Desktop, ATI Technologies Inc., at 905/882-2600, Ext. 8809 or pmacdona@ati.com Tenille Cuthbertson, Counselor, BenchMark Porter Novelli at 416/422-7163 or tcuthbertson@bmporternovelli.com Anne Ferguson, Senior Counselor, BenchMark Porter Novelli, at 416/422-7154 or aferguson@bmporternovelli.com For investor relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. support, please contact: Janet Craig, Director, Investor Relations, ATI Technologies Inc., at 905/882-2600, Ext. 2631 or jcraig@ati.com |
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