Press Release
- Archives 1998
ATI targets
system-integrators, VARs with industry-leading DVD software
free-of-charge until April 18th
March
11, 1998
Toronto,
Ontario - ATI Technologies Inc. (TSE:ATY) today announced a
special program for North American system-integrators and Value
Added Resellers that includes an offer of leading DVD software
free-of-charge until April 18th. The free DVD software will
be included with SI and VAR orders for ATI's AGP 2X versions
of board products that use ATI's RAGE PRO TURBO™ chip, including
Xpert@Play™ AGP, Xpert@Work™ AGP, Xpert XL™ AGP and the All-In-Wonder
Pro™ AGP. Software DVD, coupled with ATI's RAGE PRO TURBO chip,
removes cost barriers for SIs and VARs to implement the industry's
best DVD solutions for lower-cost systems.
ATI offers the highest quality software DVD option on the market
as the result of the RAGE PRO TURBO's hardware assistance that
it provides software DVD acceleration, technology called motion
compensation. Designed for AGP systems, software DVD running
on an ATI board, or through a RAGE PRO TURBO chip, represents
the most cost-effective DVD solution on the market.
Hardware-assisted software DVD playback provides for full frame
rates for the best quality gaming, theater, Web-surfing and
other DVD applications without the need for a discreet DVD decoder,
providing a significant competitive advantage for SIs and VARs.
ATI was selected by Compaq Computers to provide the first full
hardware-assisted software DVD solution for the mainstream market
with the Compaq Presario 4840 and 4850, announced last fall.
ATI is also the leading shipper of AGP 2X (Accelerated Graphics
Port) controllers in the world. The full benefit of AGP is only
available through a 2X, 133 MHz implementation, one that includes
SBA (SideBand Addressing) and pipelining. AGP allows the graphics
controller to access system memory directly for 3D textures,
rather than depending on local memory attached to the graphics
controller. As a result, AGP allows for increased DVD performance
and less CPU utilization than non-AGP solutions.
The Xpert@Play and Xpert@Work AGP accelerator boards provide
in a single-slot solution the best combination of 2D, 3D and
video acceleration in an add-in card for the SI and VAR market.
Providing full frame rate DVD acceleration and a complete line
up of 3D features, the boards provide an easy and cost-effective
upgrade path to the best 3D and DVD available. The Xpert@Play
AGP, with ATI's ImpacTV2™ technology for flicker-free display
on TV sets, is the gamer's dream card, while the Xpert@Work
AGP, finely tuned for corporate applications, is the preferred
card for commercial applications.
ATI's All-In-Wonder Pro AGP board, winner of more magazine review
awards than any product in ATI's history, provides the same
superior graphics and DVD acceleration and quality as the Xpert@Play
AGP and Xpert@Work AGP cards and adds TV tuning capability to
produce true PC-to-TV convergence and a host of multimedia features
and functions. Video capture, NTSC output-to-TV through ImpacTV2
and TV tuner functions that let the PC watch TV for you, informing
you when desired programs are being aired and Instant Replay
are possible with the All-In-Wonder Pro, offering SIs and VARs
an opportunity to create the finest customized AGP and DVD systems
for their customers.
ATI's Xpert XL AGP is the price/performance leader in the Xpert
family of products, providing high quality 2D, 3D and video
acceleration at a price below $100. With Xpert XL AGP, the only
2X AGP card available under $100, SIs and VARs can produce the
lowest cost high quality DVD systems on the market.
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more information on ATI DVD.
Copyright
© ATI Technologies Inc., 1999. All company and/or product
names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective
manufacturers. Features, pricing, availability and specifications
are subject to change without notice.
Company Profile
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 9002 company, ATI is the world's leading supplier of video
and 2D/3D graphics accelerators to OEM and retail customers.
Founded in l985, ATI employs more than 1,700 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 and NASDAQ.
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