NovaPal SetPal Digital Terrestrial Technology Powered by ATI Technologies' NXT6000; Digital terrestrial technology ships for use in the United Kingdom.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers 2003 International CES Booth 31145 MARKHAM, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 7, 2003 ATI Technologies Inc. (TSX:ATY) (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) ) announced today that ATI's NXT6000(TM) has been chosen by NovaPal Limited for its SetPal digital terrestrial receiver module which is currently shipping in the United Kingdom. SetPal technology facilitates the viewing of existing and future free-to-view digital terrestrial channels on a standard analog television set. SetPal technology is currently being shipped in volume in the UK by Daewoo model DS608P, Labgear model DTT100 and Triax model DVB2000T. The SetPal technology provides for a DVB (digital video broadcasting) compliant digital terrestrial receiver that supports COFDM (Coded Orthogonal FDM) See OFDM. transmission and QPSK (Quadrature Phase Shift Keying) A phase modulation technique that transmits two bits in four modulation states. See PSK and phase modulation. (quadrature phase shift keying), 16-QAM (quadrature amplitude modulation See QAM. Quadrature Amplitude Modulation - (QAM) A method for encoding digital data in an analog signal in which each combination of phase and amplitude represents one of sixteen four bit patterns. This is required for fax transmission at 9600 bits per second. ), and 64-QAM. The device offers upgradeable-over-air software and services, plus MHEG-5 (Multimedia and Hypermedia information coding Expert Group (multimedia, standard) Multimedia and Hypermedia information coding Expert Group - (MHEG) is an ISO standard encoding for multimedia and hypermedia information, designed to facilitate use and interchange of such information in varied domains such as games, electronic publishing and ) digital text with large cache for efficiency. NXT6000 is the key component that powers the digital terrestrial reception technology for the SetPal proposition. "We chose ATI as a SetPal partner to enable NovaPal to deliver the best digital terrestrial reception possible," said Steve Farmer, Head of Technical Strategy at SetPal. "ATI's NXT6000 delivers the advanced features and performance that we require to make our products reliable and easy to use. ATI has a proven product roadmap that will allow NovaPal to plan for the future." The NXT6000 OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) A digital transmission technique that uses a large number of carriers spaced apart at slightly different frequencies. (orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) — essentially identical to Coded OFDM (COFDM) — is a digital multi-carrier modulation scheme, which uses a large number of closely-spaced orthogonal sub-carriers. ) Demodulator See demodulate. Demodulator A device used to recover the original modulating signal from a modulated wave. A demodulator is also known as a detector. and FEC (forward error correction A communications technique that can correct bad data on the receiving end. Before transmission, the data are processed through an algorithm that adds extra bits for error correction. If the transmitted message is received in error, the correction bits are used to repair it. ) IC is a highly integrated solution for digital terrestrial receiver applications. This single-chip receiver includes an OFDM Demodulator together with Viterbi and Reed Solomon Forward Error Correction and an integrated 10 Bit A/D converter. The NXT6000 not only supports all modes of the DVB-T See DVB. standards as defined by ETS 300 744, but also meets the mandatory requirements of the NorDig Receiver Specification that defines a set of requirements for high-performance terrestrial receiver solutions. "ATI has a goal to deliver the best possible digital reception for manufacturers to implement in the consumer electronics marketplace," said Markus Florian, European Business Development Manager, DTV/Consumer Products Group, ATI Technologies Inc. "ATI and NovaPal have worked together in great cooperation to jointly improve the acceptance of digital TV in the UK and the newspaper reports we've been following indicate the overall UK DVB-T receivers market is on the rise with almost 40,000 units per week. ATI's NXT6000 is a perfect solution for the SetPal digital terrestrial receiver and we're pleased to be able to offer this technology to customers in the UK." ATI Technologies will exhibit its DTV technologies at International CES in booth 31145 (south hall) January 9-12, 2003 in Las Vegas, Nevada. About NovaPal NovaPal designs and co-ordinates digital terrestrial solutions for the television industry. All RF, hardware and software IPR is generated inhouse or with NovaPal's strategic partners; SetPal, 4TV and Access Devices. The SetPal RF performance has been the jewel in the company's crown, amply supporting the claim that SetPal based television equipment works where others wont. NovaPal's SetPal Integrated Module addresses the evolving world wide need to supply easy access to digital services in a variety of televison related products. About ATI Technologies 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 Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options. (ATY). Copyright 2003 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. |
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