ATI's RADEON 9700 Brings Cinematic Quality Real-Time Graphics to Compaq Presario 8000 Series.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers MARKHAM, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 22, 2002 Industry leading VPU VPU Video Processing Unit VPU Vice Presidential Unit (World Bank) VPU Vicaría Pastoral Universitaria (Santiago, Chile) VPU Vulnerable Prisoner Unit (UK) vastly exceeds the performance of any graphics product on the market 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. (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) )(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 ) today announced that ATI's groundbreaking RADEON(TM) 9700 Visual Processing Visual processing is the sequence of steps that information takes as it flows from visual sensors to cognitive processing. The sensors may be zoological eyes or they may be cameras or sensor arrays that sense various portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Unit (VPU) will power new high-end Compaq Presario desktop PCs shipping later this year. ATI's RADEON 9700 boasts a number of key features that allow a level of graphics quality and versatility exceeding anything else on the market - leading the industry into a new era of cinematic-quality real time graphics. Its architecture features eight fully-programmable parallel rendering pipelines, doubling the rendering power of any competing product for a staggering level of raw performance. The RADEON 9700 is also the industry's first visual processor to offer 128 bits of precision with full floating point architecture, Microsoft(R) DirectX(R) 9 support, and AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) A high-speed 32-bit port from Intel for attaching a display adapter to a PC. It provides a direct connection between the card and memory, and only one AGP slot is on the motherboard. 8X support. "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 exceeding the expectations of consumers who demand superior graphics performance," said Rick Bergman, Senior Vice President, Marketing and General Manager, Desktop, ATI Technologies Inc. "The power of the RADEON 9700 complements the high-performance capabilities of the new Compaq Presario 8000 Series platforms. Together, ATI and HP will provide high-end gamers and enthusiasts with a number of cutting-edge features, including industry-leading 3D graphics, improved 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 and enhanced Internet streaming." In every key area, the RADEON 9700 vastly exceeds the performance of any other product on the market. Among the groundbreaking advancements made, the RADEON 9700 has made the leap to DirectX 9.0 support, AGP 8X support, 256-bit memory interface, over 110 million transistors, 8 pixel pipelines, 4 vertex engines and ATI's VIDEOSHADER(TM) technology. "HP always strives to deliver the best to customers when it comes to quality, performance and reliability," said Will Townsend, Senior Manager, Presario Desktop Marketing, Hewlett-Packard Company. "ATI's RADEON 9700 PRO offers breathtaking, realistic graphics, making it perfect for both extreme gaming and for graphics-intensive home and small office software applications." The RADEON 9700's new VIDEOSHADER technology is the industry's first architecture to use programmable pixel shaders to accelerate video streaming. Programmable pixel shaders can also be used to enhance the quality and scalability of TV and DVD playback. The RADEON 9700's raw performance, combined with many "industry first features", sets a new standard for graphics - one against which all other products will be measured. The Compaq Presario 8000 Series will be available with the new RADEON 9700 VPU later this fall at www.athome.compaq.com. About ATI Technologies 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) 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 2001 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 2002 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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