ATI's RADEON Products To Support Eighth-Generation AMD Platform.Business Editors E3 EXPO LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 22, 2002 Continuing its support of leading industry standards, 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. today announced that its RADEON(TM) family of products will offer 32-bit and 64-bit driver support for AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. Opteron(TM) and eighth-generation AMD Athlon(TM) processors. The eighth-generation AMD platform sets the standard for performance PC processors, delivering the ultimate computing experience for commercial users and consumers. ATI's full family of RADEON desktop graphics products will support 64-bit computing from the RADEON 7000 to the RADEON 8500. The ATI products will work with the Opteron processor to deliver solid, stable solutions for commercial and consumer use. The performance gained by 64-bit architecture will support applications that address large amounts of physical and virtual memory, such as database management systems, and CAD tools. "Users want seamless solutions whether it is for a commercial environment or a home setting," said Rick Bergman, Senior Vice President, Marketing and General Manager, Desktop, 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. "By working with industry leaders like AMD and optimizing our RADEON graphics products for use with ground breaking products like the Opteron processor, we provide just that." "The AMD eighth-generation platform and ATI RADEON family of products will provide customers optimized 32-bit performance, and the flexibility to seamlessly migrate to 64-bit environments," said Rex Meek, Director of Hardware Infrastructure Enablement Group. "System flexibility and increased graphics data throughput will benefit consumers for gaming and broadband use, as well as companies that require improved performance for CAD or digital content creation The development of newsworthy, educational and entertainment material for distribution over the Internet or other electronic media. See DAMS. ." About ATI 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 Markham (2006 Population 261,573[0]) is located in York Region, directly north of Toronto, and is part of Toronto's CMA. It is larger than many Canadian cities. Despite its qualifications regarding population, it has not had the title of city conferred upon it by the , Canada, as well as from offices in Barbados, France, Germany, Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. , 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 ). About the AMD Opteron(TM) Processor The AMD Opteron processor is based on AMD's eighth-generation processor core which is planned to mark the introduction of the industry's first x86-64 technology implementation. This technology is planned to preserve companies' investments in 32-bit applications while allowing a seamless transition to 64-bit computing as those companies require. The AMD Opteron processor is designed to deliver high-performance server and workstation solutions for today's most demanding enterprise applications. The processor is designed to be scalable, reliable and compatible, which can result in lower total cost of ownership. Key AMD Opteron processor innovations include an integrated memory controller, which reduces memory bottlenecks, and HyperTransport(TM) technology, which increases overall performance by removing or reducing I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output bottlenecks, increasing bandwidth and reducing latency. About AMD AMD is a global supplier of integrated circuits for the personal and networked computer and communications markets with manufacturing facilities in the United States, Europe, Japan, and Asia. AMD, a Fortune 500 and Standard & Poor's 500 company, produces microprocessors, flash memory devices, and support circuitry for communications and networking applications. Founded in 1969 and based in Sunnyvale, California, AMD had revenues of $4.6 billion in 2000. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : AMD). AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, AMD Athlon, AMD Opteron, and combinations thereof, are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. HyperTransport is a trademark of the HyperTransport Technology Consortium. Other product names are for informational purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective companies. 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.
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