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ATI's RADEON 8500 Named Best High-End Graphics Card in Tom's Hardware Guide's Readers' Choice Awards.


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ATI Technologies U.L.C. ATI is a major Canadian designer and supplier of graphics processing units, motherboard chipsets, and video display cards.
 Inc. announced today that its RADEON(TM) 8500 was selected by the readers of Tom's Hardware Tom’s Hardware, is an online publication focused on technology that was founded in 1996 by Dr. Thomas Pabst. Tom's Hardware is owned by TG Publishing LLC, a Bestofmedia Group company, one of the top three online publishers for technology in the world .  Guide as the Best High-End Graphics Card. Tom's Hardware Guide is one of the most widely read and well-respected online publications in the computer hardware world, and boasts a highly knowledgeable audience of early adopters and technology leaders.

The editors of Tom's Hardware Guide selected the nominees for this contest based on their reviews published in 2001 on www.tomshardware.com; the site's readers selected the winners. Over 60,000 readers registered to vote in the awards.

"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 extremely pleased that our RADEON 8500 was recognized by both the editors of Tom's Hardware Guide through their nomination and by our customers who voted for the RADEON 8500," said Dave Orton, President and COO, ATI Technologies Inc. "Delivering an industry-leading product is a team effort, and the ATI team has done it again with the delivery of another world-class product in the RADEON 8500."

"The winners of our Readers' Choice contest should be justifiably proud of this award," says Omid Rahmat, General Manager for the Tom's Guide's Publishing. "It represents the opinion of one of the most tech savvy readerships in technology publishing."

Tom's Hardware Guide rigorously tests products, providing the results of its benchmarking tests in unbiased reviews for its readers. The Tom's Hardware Guide Best of 2001 Readers' Choice Awards recognize hardware products that have shown the highest quality design and companies that have provided the best service to users. The awards are considered a hallmark of good product design, performance, quality and value.

About Tom's Hardware Guide

Tom's Hardware Guide is the Internet's premiere resource for PC hardware news and reviews. Launched in 1996 by Dr. Thomas Pabst, the site is now the best source for independent editorial reviews of cutting-edge computer hardware. Tom's Hardware Guide readers, technology innovators and early adopters looking to buy PC hardware products and services, have come to rely on the site for unbiased and authoritative articles, and to help them make smart purchasing decisions.

Having grown from humble origins into a powerful force in the PC hardware industry, Tom's Hardware Guide has expanded operations in the US, Europe and Asia, with subsidiary sites in nine languages. Tom's Hardware Guide is published by Tom's Guides Publishing LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol.

LLC - Logical Link Control
 of Carpinteria, CA.

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 provides cutting-edge technologies for the PC, workstation, set-top box The cable TV box that sits on "top" of the TV "set," although it is often located several feet away in an equipment rack. The set-top box descrambles the premium channels and provides a tuner for the higher cable numbers that very old TVs did not support. , game console See video 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 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) ) and the Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE)

Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options.
 (ATY ATY Air Textured Yarn (textile)
ATY Watertown, SD, USA (Airport Code)
ATY After-Tax Yield
).

Note to Editors: 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.

ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC.

33 Commerce Valley Drive East

Markham, Ontario Canada L3T 7N6

Telephone: 905/882-2600

Facsimile: 905/882-2620

www.ati.com
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