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Colorgraphic Named Primary Distributor for ATI's FireMV(TM) Graphics Products; One-Stop Shop for ATI-Powered 2D Professional Graphics.


ATLANTA -- Colorgraphic, a leading provider of professional multi-screen graphics solutions, today announced it has entered into an agreement with 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.
, Inc. to be the Primary Distributor for ATI's FireMV(TM) graphics products for the professional 2D market in the U.S. This agreement enables Colorgraphic to meet the growing needs of the 2D graphics market by offering ATI's new 2D workstations graphics accelerators to its broad base of customers.

With this agreement, Colorgraphic provides one-stop shopping, service and support for ATI-powered graphics products for the 2D business professional. In addition to distributing ATI's FireMV products, Colorgraphic will continue to manufacture its industry-leading Xentera graphics solutions, also powered by 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.  technology.

"We are proud to be named Primary Distributor by ATI for its FireMV products," stated Diane Stuckey, president of Colorgraphic. "Colorgraphic has a diverse customer base and deep understanding of the professional graphics needs of the industries we serve such as the Financial Community, Emergency Dispatch, Digital Signage Digital signage is a form of out-of-home advertising in which content and messages displayed on an electronic screen, or digital sign, can be changed without modification to the physical sign, typically with the goal of delivering targeted messages to specific locations at  and Process Control. With the new agreement, resellers and customers now have a knowledgeable source for a wider range of 2D professional multi-screen graphics solutions from Colorgraphic."

ATI Technologies, Inc. is the world leader in the supply of graphics, video and multimedia solutions for desktop personal computers, notebooks, DTV (Digital TeleVision) Transmitting TV using digital signals. The major DTV standards are ATSC (North America), DVB (Europe) and ISDB (Japan). All three use MPEG-2 video compression and Dolby Digital audio compression. DVB and ISDB also include MPEG audio compression. , cell phones, consoles and workstation products.

"We welcome Colorgraphic as Primary Distributor for ATI's FireMV products," said Dinesh Sharma, director of workstation products, ATI. "FireMV was designed exclusively for the 2D professional workstation market and with Colorgraphic's experience in this field, FireMV customers can be confident that their unique needs and requirements will be addressed and supported."

The FireMV Line

ATI's FireMV 2D workstation acceleration cards are designed for a wide range of professional users from financial trading to emergency dispatch - markets where reliability and stability are mission critical. Both the FireMV(TM) 2200 (dual output) and FireMV(TM) 2400 (quad output), for both PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS.

(2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus).
 and PCI Express A high-speed peripheral interconnect from Intel introduced in 2002. Note that although sometimes abbreviated "PCX," PCI Express is not the same as "PCI-X" (see PCI-SIG and PCI-X for comparison). As a result of the confusion, "PCI-E" or "PCIe" is the accepted abbreviation. , are based on a scalable, highly parallelized architecture and utilizes a unified driver which dramatically simplifies system administration and a low profile design. FireMV boards have been designed as fanless solutions, which ensures silent running of the graphics card. The low profile design enables users to employ these graphics cards in a variety of different systems, including docking stations.

The Xentera GT Line

Since its introduction in 2003, Colorgraphic's Xentera GT product line, powered by ATI graphics technology, has been praised for price and performance advantages, as well as superior customer support. The Xentera GT family is made up of seven different cards ranging from 2 to 8 display support. It includes the Xentera GT in a low-profile PCI Express, PCI and 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.  4-port card for the growing thin-client computer market. In addition, DVI (1) (Digital Video Interactive) An earlier compression technique that provided up to 72 minutes of full-screen video on a CD-ROM. Acquired by Intel in 1988 from RCA's Sarnoff Research labs, Princeton, NJ, DVI never caught on.  support is available with the Xentera GT 2, 4 and 8-port cards.

All products are available through Ingram Micro, and local resellers. Products are also available directly from Colorgraphic by calling 1-877-943-3843 or by visiting www.colorgraphic.net.

About Colorgraphic

Colorgraphic, headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., is an industry leader and innovator in professional multi-screen graphics solutions. Pioneering solutions since 1987, Colorgraphic has consistently delivered new technology ahead of the competition and offers the most extensive quality testing and support in the industry. Colorgraphic is the only vendor to offer a high performance 8-port video card, which provides the most efficient solution for delivering 16 displays from a single computer. For information on the company, its solutions or resellers, visit www.colorgraphic.net.

About ATI Technologies, Inc.

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 processor unit (GPU GPU: see secret police.


(Graphics Processing Unit) A specialized logic chip devoted to rendering 2D or 3D images. Display adapters contain one or more GPUs for fast graphics rendering.
) 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 US $2 billion, ATI has more than 2,700 employees in the Americas, Europe and Asia. ATI common shares trade on 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) ) and the Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE)

Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options.
 (ATY ATY Air Textured Yarn (textile)
ATY Watertown, SD, USA (Airport Code)
ATY After-Tax Yield
).

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