ATI's RADEON 8500 wins Kick Ass Award from Maximum PC Magazine; World's Fastest Graphics Board Scores a Perfect "10".Business Editors, High-Tech Writers MARKHAM, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 25, 2001 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 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) ), a world leader in the supply of graphics, video and multimedia solutions, announced today that its award-winning RADEON(TM) 8500, the world's fastest and most technologically advanced graphics board(1), has received even more industry recognition -- a highly-coveted Kick Ass Award from Maximum PC Magazine. The award was announced in the November 2001 issue of Maximum PC and the RADEON 8500 was also featured on the cover of that issue, which bore the headline "Must-Have Hardware." To qualify as a Kick Ass product, Will Smith, Technical Editor of Maximum PC, ran the RADEON 8500 through a variety of tests and benchmarks to ensure its performance was stellar -- even up against the most challenging games and applications. It received a perfect score of 10 out of 10. Features that qualified it as a Kick Ass product included ATI's TRUFORM(TM) technology, which enhances the visual quality of models; the fast 275MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. (megahertz One million cycles per second. See MHz. MegaHertz - (MHz) Millions of cycles per second. The unit of frequency used to measure the clock rate of modern digital logic, including microprocessors. ) core and memory speeds; the flexible display support, including ATI's HYDRAVISION(TM) software, which helps users manage multiple displays to increase productivity; and the programmable pixel shader effects (ATI's SMARTSHADER(TM) technology). "The RADEON 8500 is a great product," said Toshi Okumura, Senior Product Manager, Desktop Marketing, ATI Technologies Inc. "Each of its features are fantastic on their own, and when you combine them, it really is a Kick Ass product. We're happy that Maximum PC has recognized this with their award." 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 (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). (1) Based on 3Dmark 2001 benchmarks performed in October 2001 (RADEON 8500 scored 7682, GeForce3 Ti500 scored 7295) 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: |
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