Press Release
- Archives 2000
ATI announces
the S1-370 TL chipset, the world's first integrated chipset
with 3D hardware geometry for the value PC market
128 bit
architecture for faster graphics and system performance
Acquisition of ArtX Inc. advances ATI's integrated product
line
February
25, 2000
Toronto,
Ontario - ATI Technologies Inc. (TSE: ATY, NASDAQ: ATYT) announced
here today its integrated North Bridge and graphics chipset
for Slot 1 and Socket 370 processors including Pentium II, and
Pentium III, the ATI S1-370 TL. The world's fastest integrated
chipset, ATI's S1-370 TL will be marketed to the OEM and motherboard
manufacturers. ATI will also produce motherboards with the S1-370
TL to facilitate the introduction of the chipset to the market.
The introduction of the S1-370 TL chipset catapults ATI into
the price/performance lead in the integrated market, several
months ahead of its original schedule. The earlier-than-expected
product introduction was made possible as a result of the acquisition
by ATI of ArtX Inc. of Palo Alto, CA, a deal announced February
16, 2000.
"As the new president of ATI, I am really excited about introducing
ATI's S1-370 TL chipset," said Dave Orton, the president and
COO of ATI. "This is the strongest product in the integrated
market and with ATI's sales and distribution strength behind
it, we expect to capture a significant share of the value PC
market."
Transform & Lighting, 32-bit color for the low cost PC platform
Among the many amazing features of the ATI's S1-370 TL chipset
is its support for transform and lighting technology, usually
reserved for high-end graphics subsystems and add-in boards.
T&L is one of the major elements required for next generation
game titles and other applications to provide totally immersive
and realistic environments with life-like characters that look
and move like human figures.
With a through-put of 12.5 million polygons per second, four
pixels per clock and greater than 330 million textured pixels/sec,
ATI's S1-370 TL chipset delivers fast and realistic game performance.
Major 3D features include accelerated floating point geometry;
texture co-ordinate transformation clipping; perspective projection;
accelerated specular, diffuse and ambient lighting; perspective-correct
trilinear-filtered MIP-mapped textures; alpha blending; exponential
pixel fog; depth and stencil buffering and anti-aliasing.
ATI's S1-370 TL outperforms Intel i810e Performance is key to
creating a compelling consumer experience. ATI's S1-370 TL provides
2X the 3D and game performance of an i810e as measured by WinBench
2000 and industry leading games like ID Software's Quake III
Arena. The 128 bit architecture of the S1-370 TL provides significantly
faster overall system performance. ATI's S1-370 TL chipset combines
North Bridge system logic with ArtX's 3D graphics accelerator
and is compatible with the single chip Ali M1535D and M1543
South Bridge parts. The only 128-bit Data Streaming architecture
for SMA applications, ATI's S1-370 TL features a patented algorithm
designed to enhance memory bandwidth, improving both graphics
and system performance. With a 128 bit memory interface, supporting
standard PC-133/100/66 MHz SDRAM, ATI's S1-370 TL provides 2.1
gigabytes/sec bandwidth. Supporting 133, 100, or 66 MHz CPU
front side bus and, ATI's S1-370 TL enables the latest, fastest
processors.
"A well-crafted 128-bit memory interface can provide low-cost
systems with a surprising performance boost, delivering multimedia
graphics and video beyond what would otherwise be expected,"
said Martin Reynolds, vice president and research technology
assessment, Gartner Group/DataQuest. "High-performance integrated
products will provide the foundation for PC-based entertainment
appliances."
Motion compensation provides hardware DVD support
Motion compensation technology is a key element for smooth video
on the PC and is usually reserved for high-end graphics accelerators.
ATI's S1-370 TL chipset features motion compensation technology
that delivers 30 frames-per-second DVD playback. Supporting
32-bit full color and resolutions up to 1600x1200 (non-interlaced),
screen images are of the highest quality in the value PC market.
Supporting software includes optimized drivers for DirectX7
with Direct3D, OpenGL ICD, HWMC and GDI acceleration on Windows
98 and Windows 2000. Drivers are also available for Windows
NT 4.0.
Price and Availability
ATI's S1-370 TL chipset is being fabricated in .25µ at IBM.
100MHz samples are available now, with production quantities
available in Q2, 2000. 133 samples will be available in Q2,
2000 with production volumes available in Q3, 2000. ATI's S1-370
TL is priced at $36 each in units of 10,000.
Copyright
© ATI Technologies Inc., 2000. 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 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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