Advanced Visual Systems Inc. and ATI Technologies Inc. Team Up To Provide High-End Visualization Solutions.WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 15, 1999-- AVS (Audio Video Coding Standard) A video compression technique developed by Chinese companies and supported by the Chinese government. Expected to provide better compression than MPEG-2, AVS was created to avoid paying royalties to the MPEG licensors, which are outside Certifies ATI's RAGE MAGNUM(TM) and RAGE(TM) 128 Card and Chip-Set Advanced Visual Systems Inc. (AVS), the premiere global provider of sophisticated data visualization See information visualization. technology, today announced certification of the ATI RAGE The ATI RAGE is a series of graphics chipsets offering GUI 2D acceleration, video acceleration, and 3D acceleration. It is the successor to the Mach series of 2D accelerators. (TM) MAGNUM and RAGE 128 card and chip set for use with AVS/Express(R). AVS/Express is a multi-platform software environment for developers who are building applications that provide interactive, multidimensional visualization and graphics. ATI RAGE MAGNUM provides powerful workstation graphics and video acceleration and is powered by ATI's RAGE 128 GL graphics. RAGE MAGNUM delivers a full suite of 3D technology, smoother animation, and faster and more precise wire frame modeling for faster, more accurate and richer content design. "The pairing of the two technologies will leverage the unique features of the RAGE 128 card such as its power to handle advanced visual effects including, superscalar A CPU architecture that allows more than one instruction to be executed in one clock cycle. See pipeline processing. (architecture) superscalar - A superscalar architecture is a uniprocessor that can execute two or more scalar operations in parallel. rendering, line and edge anti-aliasing, gouraud shading In 3D graphics, a technique developed by Henri Gouraud in the early 1970s that computes a shaded surface based on the color and illumination at the corners of every triangle. Gouraud shading is the simplest rendering method and is computed faster than Phong shading. , twin cache, single pass multitexturing, perspectively correct texture mapping, mip-mapping and z-buffering and double buffering," said Ed Grondahl, Vice President of Product Marketing of 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. . "The combination of AVS/Express and RAGE opens several new markets for ATI such as 3D radiation treatment planning, engineering analysis, seismic and geological modeling, atmospheric research and data mining." "Users of the RAGE 128 card and chip set together with AVS/Express will discover a comprehensive solution for high performance graphics acceleration with quick throughput and timely data display," said Russ Barbour, President and Chief Executive Officer of Advanced Visual Systems Inc. "Users will be able to interact and analyze their entire data set quickly and easily as a result of this combination of technologies." About ATI Technologies Inc. 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 and consumer electronics appliance markets. An ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9002 company, ATI is the world's leading supplier of video and 2D/3D graphics accelerators to OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and and retail customers. Founded in 1985, ATI employs more than 1,600 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. ATI is a public company whose shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options. and 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 . For additional information on ATI products, visit the ATI web site at http://www.atitech.com. About Advanced Visual Systems Advanced Visual Systems Inc. (AVS) is the premiere global provider of sophisticated data visualization solutions that transform massive and complex quantities of data into visual representations. The company provides solutions for developers who build customized visualization software, as well as ready-to-use applications for end users who analyze information contained in graphical representations. More than 12,000 organizations around the world use AVS solutions to gain insight and competitive advantage from data. They look to AVS to reduce development costs, incorporate industry standards, and speed time to market. For more information, visit the AVS web site at www.avs.com. AVS/Express is a registered trademark of Advanced Visual Systems Inc. Other product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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