ATI Supports Intel's Release of Final AGP 3.0 Specification.

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MARKHAM, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 11, 2002

ATI (NASDAQ:ATYT)(TSX:ATY.TO).

RADEON(TM) 9700 PRO first graphics technology

to support AGP 8X

A notable industry milestone was met today with the announcement of the final AGP 3.0 specification by Intel Corporation. The corresponding technology, AGP 8X, doubles the peak bandwidth capability of the AGP bus to 2.1GB/s, while retaining compatibility with the previous-generation AGP 4X technology. Not only was ATI's RADEON(TM) 9700 PRO the first graphics product to support AGP 8X technology, it also has been an active contributor to the development of the specification since its inception.

Working closely with Intel as a key AGP 8x validation partner, ATI was the first company to announce AGP 3.0 compliant products with the launch and availability of RADEON(TM) 9700 PRO. ATI's RADEON 9700 PRO empowers artists and animators to bring incredible 3D animation and imagery, real-life visuals, photo-realism, and organic modeling with its unique cinematic-quality graphics. ATI's RADEON 9700 PRO revolutionized the graphics world with its full floating point architecture, eight parallel rendering pipelines, four vertex engines, Microsoft(R) DirectX(R) 9 and AGP 8X support.

"We are continually striving to up the ante and blur the divide between the extent of human imagination and its translation into a visual reality," said Rick Bergman, Senior Vice President, Marketing and General Manager, Desktop, ATI Technologies Inc. "Our efforts and Intel's platform advancements have together made more resource-intensive and intuitive workflow environments feasible for our customers."

"It has been our constant endeavor to broaden the realm of the digital enterprise, and AGP 8X furthers our efforts to spur unprecedented levels of realism with digital content creation, mechanical design, systems engineering and simulation," said Jason Ziller, Technology Initiatives Manager, Intel Corporation. "The end-user will clearly benefit from ATI's participation in the definition of the AGP 3.0 specification. With the early adoption of AGP 3.0, we are looking forward to ATI paving the way for future, even more advanced technologies based on the PCI Express(TM) architecture."

About ATI

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 (ATY).

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