ATI is the Principal Graphics Provider for Microsoft's Professional Developer's Conference.MARKHAM, Ontario -- 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. Showcases Advanced Windows(R) Vista(TM) Leadership in Over 300 Demo PCs ATI Technologies Inc. (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 )(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) ) today announced it is the principal graphics provider for Microsoft's sold-out Professional Developer's Conference (PDC (1) (Primary Domain Controller) A Windows NT/2000 service that manages security for its local domain. Every domain has one PDC, which contains a database of usernames, passwords and permissions. ) in Los Angeles. As a Gold Level Conference Sponsor, ATI provided over 300 ATI Radeon(R) X850 XT graphics cards to be featured in PCs showcasing Microsoft's highly anticipated Windows(R) Vista(TM) Operating System (OS) at the event. "Windows Vista is poised to have an enormous impact in the PC market and we are working closely alongside Microsoft to implement optimized driver and hardware support for our top-to-bottom line of discrete and integrated graphics processors," said Ben Bar-Haim, Vice President of Software Engineering, ATI Technologies Inc. "The look and feel of Microsoft Windows Vista represents the next generation of graphics quality and performance in a desktop operating system The control program in a user's machine (desktop or laptop). Also called a "client operating system," Windows is the overwhelming majority while the Macintosh comes second. There are also several versions of Linux for the desktop. Contrast with network operating system. ." ATI supports Microsoft Windows Vista with its current top-to-bottom line of graphics processors. Moreover, ATI's integrated graphics processors are the only integrated graphics available on the market that currently support Windows Vista requirements. Consumer and commercial PCs and notebooks based on ATI's Radeon(R) Xpress(TM) 200 chipsets with integrated graphics are already widely available today from leading systems vendors and motherboard manufacturers around the world. Microsoft Windows Vista uses graphics hardware acceleration natively within the OS and makes extensive use of 3D visualization techniques throughout, as well as provides the environment for independent software vendors (ISVs) to write graphics-intensive applications. Microsoft's new graphics driver standard, known as the Vista Driver Display Model (VDDM VDDM Vista Display Driver Model VDDM Virtual Device Driver Manager ) has been designed to radically advance functionality, stability and reliability within the stunning and streamlined new desktop design. ATI has made VDDM drivers available for its graphic processors to support Windows Vista more than a year prior to the release of the OS with top-to-bottom hardware support including 64-bit. Additionally, ATI's VDDM drivers were included with the recent Beta 1 release of Windows Vista. With this broad support of the Vista, ATI is providing ISV (Independent Software Vendor) A person or company that develops software. It implies an organization that specializes in software only and is not part of a computer systems or hardware manufacturer. developers, enterprise customers and OEMs with a stable, feature-enabled and performance-optimized graphics platform for application development and hardware upgradeability. A complete list of ATI hardware which supports Windows Vista can be found online at: www.ati.com/developer/windowsvista.html. ISVs and developers from around the world will have the opportunity to experience first-hand the visually rich features of Microsoft's forthcoming OS at the conference. The final version of Windows Vista is expected in stores approximately a year from now in time for the 2006 Holiday Season. About ATI Technologies ATI Technologies Inc. is the 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 graphics processing unit See GPU. (GPU) provider and is dedicated to delivering 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 device markets. With 2004 revenues of approximately US $2 billion, ATI has more than 2,700 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 2005 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. ATI Technologies Inc. (TSX:ATY) (NASDAQ:ATYT) |
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