Press Release
- Archives 2000
ATI announces Mobility M4™ AGP 4X graphics component for notebooks
ATI, the AGP leader, first graphics company to ship AGP 4X component for notebook PCs
Mobility M4™ already selected for recently announced Dell Inspiron 8000 notebook PC
October 30, 2000
Toronto, Canada - ATI Technologies Inc. (TSE:ATY, NASDAQ: ATYT) today announced Mobility M4™, the industry's first shipping AGP 4X graphics component for the mobile platform. Mobility M4 will deliver new levels of 3D realism with both commercial and consumer applications on the notebook PC. It has already achieved its first design win, with the recently announced Dell Inspiron 8000 notebook PC.
ATI has been the leader in AGP implementation since development of the specification in 1996. Mobility M4, the industry's first shipping mobile AGP 4X graphics accelerator, confirms ATI's continued leadership of both the AGP specification and mobile graphics market segment. ATI offers the industry's widest range of mobile graphics solutions, spanning all market segments from the smallest ultraportable form factor systems to the latest AGP 4X, high performance notebook PCs. Raising the bar further, Mobility M4 is the industry's fastest graphics and multimedia solution, capable of playing the hottest 3D games and demanding 3D applications -- on the largest notebook LCD screens available
The Mobility M4 AGP 4X interface will double the AGP 2X transfer speed available on current competing graphics solutions, allowing Mobility M4-equipped notebook PCs to provide the best user experience in graphics speed, DVD quality and dual monitor display capabilities.
"Mobility M4, the first shipping AGP4X notebook component and the fastest in the mobile industry, is yet another step in ATI's quest to develop the mobile PC market and enrich the user's experience," said Lou Leung, general manager and vice president, mobile business unit, ATI Technologies Inc. "We are continuing with our successful approach to leverage ATI's technological leadership and rapidly develop and introduce more components in our already extensive Mobility line, for the entire spectrum of the notebook market."
Copyright 2000 ATI Technologies Inc. All rights reserved. ATI, Mobility, and Mobility M4 are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of ATI Technologies Inc. All other products are trademarks of their respective companies. Features, pricing, availability and specifications are subject to change without notice
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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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