ATI's RADEON 8500 Graphics Board Selected by Top Computer Maker for Desktop PCs; Customers To Enjoy RADEON 8500's Graphics and Video Excellence.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 29, 2001 ATI Technologies 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 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) ) announced today that its latest generation graphics add-in board, the RADEON(TM) 8500, has been selected by Gateway, Inc. for its 700 series of desktop computers. ATI's RADEON 8500 card will feature 64MBs of the fastest 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 graphics memory, and support for VGA (Video Graphics Array) The display standard for the PC. All PC display adapters support VGA, and Windows machines boot up in "VGA mode" before switching to higher resolutions. , DVI (1) (Digital Video Interactive) An earlier compression technique that provided up to 72 minutes of full-screen video on a CD-ROM. Acquired by Intel in 1988 from RCA's Sarnoff Research labs, Princeton, NJ, DVI never caught on. and TV-out displays. The Gateway 700 series of desktop computers is equipped with Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 processors with 512MBs of PC800 RDRAM (Rambus DRAM) Pronounced "r-d-ram." A dynamic RAM chip technology from Rambus, Inc., Los Altos, CA (www.rambus.com). Rambus licensed its memory designs to semiconductor companies, which manufactured the chips. memory and 15-inch LCD flat panels displays. The RADEON 8500 board is a perfect match for Gateway's 700 series, with best-of-class graphics and video acceleration. Major technological advancements include TRUFORM(TM), an innovative rendering technology that helps to deliver the incredibly smooth and natural 3D images on existing and next-generation 3D games; and SMARTSHADER(TM), an advanced technology that takes advantage of Microsoft's new DirectX 8.1 specification, including supporting Pixel Shaders Version 1.4 to enable more complex and realistic texture and lighting effects without sacrificing performance. RADEON 8500 also provides the high video acceleration quality for which 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. is recognized. "ATI is excited about the selection by Gateway of our RADEON 8500 board," said Rick Bergman, senior vice president of marketing and general manager of the desktop division. "RADEON 8500 has shown ATI to be a technological leader in the graphics field and the result will be a very balanced system featuring the best in computing and graphics." Company Background 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 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). Copyright 2001 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, 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 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 support, please contact: Janet Craig, Director, Investor Relations, ATI Technologies Inc., at (905) 882-2600, Ext. 2631 or jcraig@ati.com
ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC.
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Markham, Ontario Canada L3T 7N6
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