ATI Selects Metro Link as Technology Access Program Partner.

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 29, 2000

Metro Link Inc., the leader in graphics, MPEG playback and real-time video for set top boxes and internet appliances was selected by ATI Technologies Inc. (TSE:ATY)(Nasdaq:ATYT) as a premier partner in their recently announced Technology Access Program (TAP).

This program provides early access to ATI's cutting edge set top box and digital TV products and technologies. The program is designed to showcase, support and promote select ATI strategic partners by giving these partners access to pre-released hardware development kits, documentation, source code and drivers. The intent is to promote rapid time-to-market for mutual customers requiring video support, software, hardware and integration services specifically for ATI set top box products and reference platforms.

"Metro Link's unique multiple platform build and test environment uniquely positions us to support ATI's products and customers on multiple operating systems like LynxOS, embedded Linux, VxWorks and QNX. It also allows us to support ATI's graphics cards and chip sets on multiple hardware architectures like X86, MIPS, PowerPC and StrongArm," said Morgan Von Essen, Metro Link President and CEO. "In addition, Metro Link is committed to providing hardware accelerated video/MPEG solutions, customer support and driver development for ATI's next generation MIPS-based set top box reference designs and digital TV technologies."

"ATI has worked with Metro Link for more than eight years because of their industry-leading technology in driver development and hardware support," said Phil Eisler, Vice President Convergence Business Unit, ATI Technologies Inc. "We look forward to our new TAP program helping to further develop our business relationship with Metro Link, as well as other industry leaders in the set top and digital TV fields."

ABOUT METRO LINK

Metro Link Inc., a software development company founded in 1989, specializes in graphics display technology solutions for embedded, Linux, and UNIX operating systems. Metro Link's products include a full suite of X Window System software and UPnP-enabled protocol stacks and custom device drivers. X.Org, the worldwide X Window System consortium, has contracted with Metro Link to maintain and enhance the X Window System source code. Metro Link's products are used by Lucent, Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL), Red Hat (NASDAQ:RHAT), Intel, IBM (NASDAQ:IBM), Compaq, Sun (NASDAQ:SUNW), Hewlett Packard, VA Linux, and others in such projects as the Boeing 777, the Space Shuttle, 767 AWACS, the Acuson Computed Sonography System, and many other applications that demand proven mission-critical reliability. Metro Link engineers create mission-critical software by utilizing a formal automated quality assurance methodology that is part of ISO 9001 international standards. This methodology consists of Metro Link's Multi-Platform Build Environment, Metro Automated Testing Environment and Metro Problem Tracking System. Metro Link's products are based on this robust and feature-rich source code, which conforms to all major software standards. www.metrolink.com

ABOUT ATI

ATI Technologies Inc.--the world's largest supplier of 3D graphics and multimedia technology--designs, manufactures, and markets innovative and award-winning multimedia solutions and graphics components for the personal computer, set-top box, consumer electronics appliance and e-appliance markets. An ISO 9002 company, ATI is the world's leading supplier of video and 2D/3D graphics accelerators to OEM and retail customers. Founded in 1985, ATI employs more than 1,800 people at headquarters in Thornhill, Ontario, and in offices in the United States, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Barbados, Malaysia, Japan, and Hong Kong.

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