Press Release
- Archives 2000
ATI to
support Intel's 64- bit architecture beginning with the Itanium™
processor
ATI to demonstrate software drivers optimized for the Intel®
Itanium™ processor
Feb.
14, 2000
Intel Developer
Forum, Palm Springs, Calif. - ATI Technologies Inc. (TSE:ATY,
NASDAQ:ATYT) announced today that it will be ready with a version
of software drivers optimized for Intel's Itanium™ processor,
the first in the IA-64 processor family. These drivers are to
complement ATI's current product line, which targets the IA-32
processor family. Drivers for ATI's RAGE 128 PRO and RAGE 128
family of products will be ready during the second half of this
year. ATI's Windows 2000 graphics software will be IA-64 compliant
and ATI is also committed to support for IA-64 in several non-Windows
operating systems.
"We are aggressively developing products to support the Itanium™
processor and the IA-64 architecture," said Henry Quan, vice
president of corporate marketing, ATI Technologies Inc. "Intel's
Itanium™ processor will broaden ATI's ability to penetrate new
market segments such as the workstation and server market segments.
ATI is poised to be the one-stop shop for Itanium™ processor-based
graphics."
"ATI's expertise is in providing leading-edge products that
support the latest Intel processor architectures," said Matt
Gordon, Director of Industry Marketing, Intel Corporation. "ATI
continues to work closely with Intel ensuring ATI products will
support systems based on the Itanium processor."
With products optimized for the Itanium processor, ATI's position
is strengthened in the workstation market segment as system
and software application vendors continue to develop IA-64-based
products. The RAGE 128 is certified for many of the leading
popular software packages in the workstation market, and continues
to gain certification for many new software applications.* ATI's
RAGE 128-based workstation accelerators represent a remarkable
price to performance solution, with stable drivers able to handle
demanding 2D and 3D professional workstation applications for
scientific and economic modeling, visualization, CAD/CAM and
digital content creation.
* Workstation applications currently certified or vendor endorsed
for the ATI RAGE 128 family of products include: 3DSMax/Viz;
AVS Express; Lightwave; Houdini; Lightscape; Solidworks; Merlin
3D; Truespace 4; Cinema 4D; SolidThinking. Certification is
currently underway for the following programs: Pro/E; Maya;
Unigraphics; Solid Edge; Solid Designer; Microstation J; Mirai.
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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 1985, 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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