ATI Technologies Announces RADEON IGP Support for AMD OPTERON and Eighth-Generation AMD ATHLON Processor-Based Platforms.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MARKHAM, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 4, 2002 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. (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: ATYT ATYT ATI Technologies, Inc (stock symbol) ) today announced that future generations of the RADEON(TM) IGP (1) (Interior Gateway Protocol) A broad category of routing protocols that support a single, confined geographic area such as a local area network (LAN). Contrast with EGP. See routing protocol. family of integrated graphics and communications processors will support AMD's upcoming 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 RADEON IGP family is the world's most powerful, feature-rich family of integrated graphics processors and communications processors for the desktop and mobile PC markets. "ATI's RADEON IGP family delivers the ultimate combination of performance, features, power management and scalability to PC users, and will fully support the AMD eighth-generation processor-based platforms," said Philip Eisler, Vice-President and General Manager, Mobile and Integrated Business Unit, ATI Technologies. "AMD's upcoming eighth-generation processors will help provide investment protection for our shared customers, and AMD's 64-bit technology will allow enterprise IT leaders to optimize 32-bit performance in the near term, and seamlessly migrate to 64-bit applications when they need to." "With native, and concurrent support of both 32-bit and 64-bit systems and applications, systems that will use eighth-generation AMD processors and ATI technologies will be able to benefit customers with optimized performance, and simplified support," said Rich Heye, vice president, platform engineering and infrastructure, AMD's Computation Products Group. "With x86-64 architecture, upcoming AMD Opteron and eighth-generation AMD Athlon processors will deliver world-class performance on the x86 platform." The RADEON IGP family uses a 64-bit system architecture, supports the latest DDR (Double Data Rate) Refers to an SDRAM memory chip that increases performance by doubling the effective data rate of the frontside bus. For more details, see SDRAM. DDR - Double Data Rate Random Access Memory memory technology, and is the first and only integrated graphics solution to support ATI's industry-leading POWERPLAY power management technology. The RADEON IGP family employs a scalable architecture with 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. 4X support, which allows the user to upgrade their system with a performance graphics board, such as ATI's RADEON 8500. The RADEON IGP family is also the only integrated graphics family to include ATI's patented Fast Z-Clear technology that increases 3D rendering speed, TV-out functionality and HYDRAVISION(TM) dual-display support. The RADEON IGP family also features ATI's exclusive FLEXFIT(TM) Universal Platform Architecture, which allows computer manufacturers to control their engineering investment and support costs while still offering a variety of systems, each tailored to a targeted computer segment. FLEXFIT allows computer manufacturers to design products for all segments by creating a baseline platform that can be tailored to satisfy the needs of different market segments without changing the BIOS and driver set or redesigning the motherboard. The RADEON IGP family incorporates a variety of award-winning RADEON(TM) features including ATI's PIXEL TAPESTRY(TM) and VIDEO IMMERSION(TM) engines. PIXEL TAPESTRY allows the RADEON IGP family of processors to create lifelike environments by combining the industry's fastest rendering engines with an unprecedented set of 3D special effects. The chip's ability to process up to three textures concurrently means unsurpassed performance in accelerating multi-textured game content. The VIDEO IMERSION adaptive de-interlacing engine advances ATI's historic leadership in digital video and delivers features such as hardware motion compensation and iDCT (inverse discrete cosine transform See DCT. (mathematics) discrete cosine transform - (DCT) A technique for expressing a waveform as a weighted sum of cosines. The DCT is central to many kinds of signal processing, especially video compression. ). Company Background - ATI Technologies Inc. Founded in 1985, ATI Technologies Inc. is a world leader in the supply of graphics, video and multimedia solutions for 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). 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 $3.9 billion in 2001. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : AMD). 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 further information, contact: Chris Hook PR Manager, Mobile and Integrated Business Unit ATI Technologies Inc. 905-882-2600 x 8477, chook chook chicken. @ati.com Other ATI Contacts: Derek Baker, Counsellor, BenchMark Porter Novelli, at (416) 422-7158 or dbaker@bmporternovelli.com For investor relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. support, please contact: Janet Craig, Director, Investor Relations, ATI Technologies Inc., at (905) 882-2600, Ext. 2631 or jcraig@ati.com
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