Press Releases 2001

Decemeber

ATI graphics chosen to power TongFang business desktop PCs - December 21, 2001
ATI enhances graphics capabilities of corporate systems

ATI's Mobility™ Radeon® 7500 now available in notebook PCs - December 20, 2001
World's fastest mobile graphics processor also conserves notebook battery life

ATI's All-in-Wonder® Radeon® 8500DV now shipping - December 10, 2001
Sixth generation video card is ideal addition for home theaters and digital creation projects

ATI first quarter earnings and revenue update - December 6, 2001
Visibility improves as desktop design wins and new system integrator strategy take hold

ATI Technologies All-in-Wonder® Radeon® Now Available on HP Pavilion Home PCs - December 6, 2001
Customers can select ATI's award-winning multimedia graphics card for HP Pavilion home PCs through HP's Configure-to-Order program

November

ATI's Radeon® 8500 graphics board selected by top computer maker for desktop PCs - November 29, 2001
Customers to enjoy Radeon 8500's graphics and video excellence

ATI's Radeon® 7000 graphics boards selected by Acer to deliver top-quality entertainment capabilities to Acer Aspire consumer lines of PCs - November 29, 2001
Radeon® 7000 one of ATI's most popular mainstream OEM boards


ATI's Radeon® 8500 graphics technology to power Evans & Sutherland's high-end PC-IG visualization products - November 26, 2001
Company to produce boards using multiple ATI graphics processors for training simulations, virtual prototyping

ATI unveils Mobility™ FireGL 7800 - November 12, 2001
World's fastest and most powerful mobile workstation GPU designed for 3D animation and CAD/CAM

ATI unveils FireGL 8700 workstation graphics board - November 12, 2001
New entry level offering ideally suited to the Digital Content Creation, 3D animation and MCAD workstation customer

ATI graphics products chosen to power five Founder® consumer desktop PCs - November 12, 2001
ATI products boost graphics capabilities of consumer systems

ATI's Mobility™ Radeon® graphics processor used in new Compaq Presario 2700 notebook PC - November 12, 2001
High performance, feature-rich mobile GPU now shipping in powerful multimedia notebook

ATI Mobility™ Radeon® graphics processor to be used in IBM ThinkPad X22 notebook PCs - November 12, 2001
Powerful video graphics and maximum performance multimedia now available in an ultraportable notebook

ATI's marketshare-leading RAGE Mobility™-M selected for Fujitsu FMV-BIBLO LOOX T notebook PC - November 12, 2001
Power-saving ATI chip, double-battery option combine for seven hour operation on a single charge

ATI announces TABLETVISION™ - November 11, 2001
New Mobility™ Radeon® display rotation technology ideal for use in Tablet PCs

Fujitsu selects ATI's RAGE Mobility™-M graphics chip for its Stylistic 3500 and LT P-600 advanced pen tablet PCs - November 11, 2001
Power-saving ATI graphics processor ideal for small form factor PCs

ATI Mobility™ Radeon® technology gains widespread market acceptance in just nine months - November 5, 2001
Powerful, feature-packed mobile GPU now shipping in 15 new notebooks

October

ATI unveils Radeon® 8500LE graphics chip, cost-effective, industry-leading technology - October 29, 2001
Designed and marketed solely to OEM, ODM and AIB customers and based on award-winning, innovative technology

ATI's Radeon® 8500 wins Kick Ass Award from Maximum PC Magazine - October 25, 2001
World's fastest graphics board scores a perfect "10"

ATI customers to receive (US) $20 rebate on purchase of Radeon® 8500 or Radeon® 7500 and Windows XP® operating system - October 25, 2001
Promotion marries high-performance graphics and high function OS

ATI Mobility™ Radeon® graphics processor shipping in Apple's New Titanium PowerBook G4 -
October 19, 2001
Powerful video graphics and multimedia now available in revolutionary professional notebook

ATI Introduces Xilleon™ 220, the World's Most Highly Integrated System-on-Chip for the Digital Set-top Box Market - October 17, 2001
ATI's first system-on-chip offers more features and higher performance than any chip currently available for the digital set-top box and digital TV markets

ATI Mobility™ Radeon® graphics processor to be used in IBM ThinkPad A Series notebooks - October 16, 2001
Powerful video graphics and maximum performance multimedia
now available in a desktop alternative notebook

Windows XP-ready Radeon® 8500 graphics board shipping with suggested list price of just (US) $299 - October 9, 2001
Award winning ATI technology redefines gaming performance, 3D experience and value

ATI's Radeon® 8500 wins Peak Performer™ Award at recent international System Builder Summit™ - October 9, 2001
World's fastest graphics board named best new hardware product

ATI announces support for AMD Athlon™ XP Processor 1800+ - October 9, 2001
All current ATI products will greatly enhance visual experience

ATI's Mobility™ Radeon® selected by Sony for the VAIO PCG-GR9/K notebook PC - October 4, 2001

ATI reports adjusted earnings of (US) $0.01 per share - October 3, 2001
Margins improve; cash position strengthens significantly

Radeon® 7000 and 7200 boards latest additions to world's most powerful, innovative graphics family - October 2, 2001
Radeon family offers industry's most complete range of innovative desktop PC graphics solutions at all price and performance levels

All current ATI graphics boards Windows XP-ready - October 2, 2001
ATI technology enhances Windows XP multimedia and productivity benefits

ATI names new Senior Vice President of Sales - October 2, 2001
Gary DeMel brings 22 years of international sales experience to ATI

September

Windows XP ready Radeon® 7500 graphics board shipping with suggested list price of just (US) $199 - September 27, 2001
ATI's technology redefines mainstream performance and value

ATI confirms consumer technology leadership with NINTENDO GAMECUBE™ introduction - September 19, 2001
ATI logo imprinted on NINTENDO GAMECUBE console

Fujitsu selects ATI's Mobility™ Radeon® chip for its high-performance LifeBook™ E Series notebooks - September 17, 2001
Powerful, feature-rich mobile graphics processor now available in a desktop-replacement notebook

ATI supports GLSetup initiative, technology that ensures optimal OpenGL 3D rendering - September 17, 2001
Company provides financial backing for GLSetup program

August

ATI unveils All-in-Wonder®Radeon® 8500DV: - August 30, 2001
the world's most advanced multimedia graphics board
1394 now supported in newest addition to All-in-Wonder family

ATI and Intel support IEEE 1394 as multimedia connection standard for PC products - August 30, 2001
New All-in-Wonder® Radeon® 8500DV features 1394

ATI to support next-generation 3GIO architecture - August 29, 2001
PCI/AGP successor will be interconnect specification for future I/O

ATI introduces Mobility™ Radeon® 7500 - August 27, 2001
World's fastest mobile graphics processor also significantly extends notebook battery life

ATI's introduces PowerPlay™ technology to improve battery life of notebook PCs - August 27, 2001
New technology extends notebook battery life by more than 30 minutes

ATI's Mobility™ Radeon® selected by Acer to deliver breathtaking performance to the TravelMate 740 notebook PC - August 15, 2001
ATI and Acer team up for unmatched multimedia and 3D performance, longer battery life

ATI's Mobility™ Radeon® chosen by NEC to deliver blistering graphics performance to the LaVie T notebook PC - August 15, 2001
ATI and NEC team up to provide rich multimedia experience to notebook users

ATI unveils next generation graphics processors: - August 14, 2001
world's most powerful and innovative graphics family
Company takes performance leadership in PC graphics industry

ATI introduces Radeon® 8500, the world's fastest, most advanced technology graphics board - August 14, 2001
Radeon® 8500 offers best visual effects, unsurpassed gaming performance, and is first chip to fully support Microsoft's DirectX 8.1 specification

ATI unveils FireGL 8800 workstation graphics board - August 14, 2001
New mid-range offering ideally suited to 3D animation and CAD/CAM

ATI introduces the Radeon® 7500 graphics board - August 14, 2001
Redefining mainstream graphics performance

ATI's Rage™ 128 Pro graphics board powers HP's Vectra vl800 commercial desktop PC - August 2, 2001
ATI board featured in Intel P4-based corporate computer

ATI's Mobility™ Radeon® powers graphics in newest performance notebook PCs from HP - August 1, 2001
Graphics chip delivers industry-leading 3D performance, features and power management technology to commercial business customers

Compaq selects ATI's Mobility™ Radeon® chip for its latest consumer and commercial notebook PCs - August 1, 2001
World's highest performance, most feature-rich mobile graphics processor now shipping in Presario 1700

July

ATI now shipping Xclaim™ TV USB EDITION, $99 external TV tuner for Macintosh systems - July 31, 2001

ATI acquires Hydravision™ software from Appian - July 30, 2001
Company purchases multi-monitor application for (US) $2 million

ATI announces Radeon® VE Mac Edition - July 18, 2001
Single graphics card delivers multi-monitor support to the mainstream Macintosh market

ATI unveils SmartShader™ technology - July 16, 2001
Provides next big step in realism and image quality for PCs and Macs, gives game developers freedom to design greater range of visual effects

ATI's Radeon® AGP 32MB DDR graphics board powers Fujitsu's new FMV-717GTX7 commercial desktop computer - July 05, 2001
ATI chip featured in new corporate product

June

ATI reports improved Q3 results - June 27, 2001
Company announces quarterly loss of $0.02 per common share

ATI Technologies Combines Forces with Compaq for Dynamic Multimedia Experience - June 27, 2001
All-in-Wonder® Radeon® Now Available in
Compaq Presario 7000 Internet PC Series Through Compaq Built For Your Kiosk Program and At Home Web Site

ATI forges relationships with five more manufacturers to make ATI-powered graphics boards - June 25, 2001
New relationships greatly broaden ATI sales and distribution worldwide

ATI's RAGE Mobility™ processors selected by NEC for three new ultra-light notebook PCs - June 21, 2001
ATI delivers desktop graphics capabilities and power saving technology

ATI's high-performance Radeon® 64MB DDR named year's best graphics card by PC World - June 18, 2001
Radeon graphics board garners Best of 2001 World Class Award

ATI's RAGE Mobility™-M graphics chip selected for world's thinnest and lightest notebook PCs* - June 14, 2001
ATI chip brings powerful graphics technology to three new Sharp notebooks

ATI announces the DV WONDER™, an affordable FireWire PC upgrade for superior video editing - June 11, 2001
Every DV WONDER™ ships with a free connector cable and industry-leading video editing software

ATI's RAGE Mobility™-M1 graphics processor powers latest Xybernaut® wearable computers - June 5, 2001
ATI chip brings dramatically reduced power consumption and highest integration to Xybernaut's state-of-the-art MA® V

ATI announces collaboration with Acer-DMS to deliver its technology-leading graphics solutions to world's major PC vendors and systems integrators - June 4, 2001
Agreement increases availability, reduces time-to-market of ATI products

ATI's innovation-leading Radeon® VE wins CNET Editors' Choice Award - June 4, 2001
Versatility and affordable price gain praise


May

ATI's RAGE Mobility™ 128 graphics processor powers Apple's new iBook portable computer - May 31, 2001
ATI chip featured in smaller, lighter, faster notebook

ATI opens full range of graphics technology to high-volume board makers - May 30, 2001
New strategy broadens ATI sales and distribution worldwide

ATI unveils TruForm™ rendering technology - May 29, 2001
Enables creation of smoothest, most natural 3D images ever seen on PC
Enhances current 3D games without compromising PC performance

ATI's Radeon® Mac Edition technology offers best graphics in Mac OS X environment - May 24, 2001
ATI worked with Apple to optimize chipset for Mac OS X

ATI unveils NINTENDO GAMECUBE™ technology at E3 - May 16, 2001
ATI technology delivers blistering graphics performance for Nintendo's new home video game console

ATI number one in U.S. retail video card sales - May 15, 2001
ATI products occupy nine of top 13 spots in NPD Intelect Report

ATI ships All-in-Wonder® Radeon® for PCI bus consumers - May 14, 2001
ATI broadens line-up of the Award Winning All-in-Wonder Family

ATI Technologies teams with Compaq for innovative consumer entertainment products based on industry leading All-in-Wonder® Radeon® - May 10, 2001
Graphics technology leader combines efforts with leading personal computer manufacturer

April

ATI completes acquisition of FGL Graphics from SONICblue - April 3, 2001
SONICblue will receive up to (US) $10 million


March

ATI reports second quarter loss - March 28, 2001
Customer acceptance of new products strong

ATI's All-in-Wonder® Radeon® graphics boards available with Micronpc desktop computer systems - March 26, 2001

ATI signs letter of intent to acquire FGL Graphics, a division of SONICblue - March 21, 2001
Company to enter high-performance workstation graphics market

ATI appoints veteran legal Executive - March 21, 2001
Bryan Robb named Vice President, Legal, & General Counsel

ATI receives Peak Performer™ Award at recent international System Builder Summit™ - March 19, 2001
Company's targeted system builder strategy wins praise

ATI Technologies revises earnings, revenue guidance - March 1, 2001
Softness in PC market and one-time higher costs cited for expected shortfall

February

ATI now shipping Radeon® VE board, the ultimate mainstream graphics solution featuring Hydravision™ multi-monitor support - February 19, 2001
Furthers ATI's commitment to leadership in retail space

ATI's award-winning Radeon® 32MB SDR selected for new TriGem consumer desktop - February 15, 2001

ATI endorses AMD'S HyperTransport™ technology - February 13, 2001
Industry-standard technology designed to accelerate graphics processing

ATI's RAGE™ 128 PRO selected for new Fujitsu corporate desktop - February 12, 2001
ATI graphics chip featured with Pentium 4

ATI hires new Director, Investor Relations - February 7, 2001
Janet Craig to manage shareholder and analyst relations

ATI hires veteran Canadian practitioner to lead public relations organization - February 7, 2001
John Challinor II appointed Director, Public Relations

ATI unveils Mobility™ Radeon®: world's highest performance, most feature-rich graphics processor for the notebook PC - February 5, 2001
Extends critically-acclaimed Radeon® technology to mobile PC market

ATI's RAGE Mobility™ graphics chips selected for new SOTEC system - February 1, 2001
Further ATI design win with SOTEC, a leading PC system distributor in resurgent Japanese PC market

January

Veteran ATI sales Executive promoted to lead worldwide sales organization - January 29, 2001
Gerd Queisser named Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales

ATI appoints veteran IT executive to manage its internal infrastructure - January 29, 2001
Louise Cragg named Vice President, Information Technology

ATI realizes cash proceeds of (US) $65 million from sale of Broadcom Corporation shares - January 25, 2001
Company benefits from earlier equity stake in SiByte, Inc.

ATI appoints new human resources leader - January 17, 2001
Michel Cadieux named Vice President, Human Resources

ATI returns to profitability - January 11, 2001
Company earns adjusted net income of (US) $11.8 million in first quarter

ATI and Intel sign cross-licensing agreement - January 10, 2001

ATI hires new Senior Vice President of Marketing and General Manager, Desktop Business - January 10, 2001
Rick Bergman to run worldwide marketing and desktop business functions

ATI graphics chips and boards ship in new Apple desktop and mobile products - January 9, 2001

ATI announces Xclaim™ TV USB EDITION - January 9, 2001
Ready-to-go $99 external tuner pod enables Apple® systems to access a host of TV features