Press Release
- 2002
ATI announces
Radeon® IGP strategic relationships
Arima,
Compal, FIC, Fujitsu, Gigabyte, Lite-On, PC Partner, PowerColor,
Quanta, Wistron, and Sapphire give nod to Radeon IGP integrated
products
Wednesday
March 13, 2002
HANOVER, Germany - ATI
Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: ATYT, TSE: ATY) has announced strategic
relationships with the world's leading computer design manufacturers,
who are currently developing products based on ATI's Radeon™
IGP family of products. The announcement was made at CeBIT,
the world's largest technology show.
ATI is currently supporting a number of companies in their
Radeon IGP design efforts, including: Arima, Compal, FIC (First
International Computer), Fujitsu, Gigabyte, Lite-On, PC Partner,
PowerColor, Quanta, Wistron and Sapphire.
"Gigabyte Technologies is honored to form a strategic
alliance with ATI," said Richard Ma, Executive Vice President
and General Manager, Systems Products, Gigabyte Technologies.
"ATI recently combined its advanced graphics engine and
PC core logic to deliver the best north bridge and graphics
performance available in the market so far. By doing this,
ATI brought a high-end graphics engine to the mainstream and
value PC segments for both Intel and AMD platforms. The greatest
winners will be the end-users, who will enjoy ATI's Radeon
3D gaming experience without paying a high premium."
The Radeon IGP family is the world's most powerful, feature-rich
integrated graphics processors for the desktop and mobile
PC markets. The new Radeon IGP family includes five integrated
graphics processors - Radeon® IGP 320 and Radeon®
IGP 320M for the AMD Athlon™ and Duron™ processor-based
platform, and Radeon® IGP 330, Radeon® IGP 340 and
Radeon® IGP 340-M for the Intel PentiumÒ 4 processor-based
platform. ATI also announced the IXP™ 200 and IXP™
250 integrated communications processors.
"ATI provides the widest variety of no-compromise graphics
and video solutions, allowing FIC to market advanced 3D gaming
systems, and current and future mobile computing products,"
said Gene Sheu, President, Networking and Information Group,
FIC. "Both ATI and FIC have strong brand recognition
all over the world and together we are expecting great market
acceptance of these products."
"Wistron will work with ATI to develop the best products
available in the integrated and mobile markets," said
Dixon Cheng, President, Wistron. "ATI has a proven track
record in mobile, and its integrated program will provide
the best graphics and video features for Wistron's value computer
systems."
"PC Partners is thrilled to work with ATI to build great
integrated graphics solutions," said Bosco Ho, Director
& CEO, PC Partners. "Using ATI's technology gives
PC Partners an edge in a rapidly growing market. We look forward
to a long and successful relationship with ATI."
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Company Background
Founded in 1985, ATI Technologies Inc. is a world leader in
the supply of graphics, video and multimedia solutions for personal
computer and Mac platforms. The pioneer, innovator and market
leader in the graphics industry, ATI provides cutting-edge technologies
for the PC, workstation, set-top box, game console and other
consumer appliances markets. The Company has more than 1,900
employees supporting customers from its headquarters in Markham,
Ontario, Canada, as well as from offices in Barbados, France,
Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, Malaysia, the United Kingdom
and the United States. ATI common shares trade on NASDAQ (ATYT)
and the Toronto Stock Exchange (ATY).
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statements." When used in this press release, words such as
"plans," "intends," "anticipates," "should," "estimates," "expects,"
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forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based
on current expectations and entail various risks and uncertainties
that are outlined in this press release and in the Company's
2001 annual report. For example, the markets for the Company's
products are characterized by rapidly changing technology, evolving
industry standards, frequent new product introductions, emerging
competitors and significant price competition. In the event
that the Company is unsuccessful in identifying, developing,
manufacturing or marketing new products or enhancing its existing
products or maintaining is historical prices or margins, its
operating results will be adversely affected. These risks and
uncertainties could cause or contribute to actual results that
are materially different from those projected. Additional information
concerning factors that could cause actual results to materially
differ from those in such forward-looking statements is contained
in the Company's filings with securities regulatory authorities.
ATI disclaims any obligation or intention to update or revise
any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise.
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ATI Technologies Inc., 905-882-2600 x 8477, chook@ati.com
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