Press Release
- 2002
ATI's Mobility™ Radeon® 9000 family now shipping in over 20 powerful new portable PCs
World's most powerful mobile visual processors gain widespread market acceptance and numerous editorial awards in record time
Monday, November 11, 2002
MARKHAM, ON - Just weeks
following their launch, ATI's (TSE:ATY, NASDAQ:ATYT) Mobility
Radeon 9000 and Mobility FireGL 9000 mobile visual processors,
the world's first family of mobile visual processors with hardware
support for version 1.4 pixel and vertex shaders, are now available
in over twenty powerful new mobile designs.
These include flagship models from global brands such as
Apple, Dell and Hewlett-Packard, as well as high-end desktop
replacement and desknote computers from leading European and
Taiwanese vendors, highlighting ATI's worldwide leadership
in mobile computing.
- The Mobility Radeon 9000 family of mobile visual processors
has also garnered numerous editor's choice awards from around
the world, including:
- Computer Gaming World
Editor's Choice Award
- HardOCP.com
Top Pick Seal of Approval
- GamersDepot.com
Drool Award
- Maximum PC
Kick Ass Product Award
- Personal Computer World Magazine UK
Editor's Choice
- PC Pro Magazine
'A' List
- PC Pro Magazine
Recommended
"The Mobility Radeon 9000 family's widespread industry
acclaim and rapid adoption by OEMs worldwide is the result
of products that deliver industry-first features, unprecedented
performance, next-generation power saving technology, and
impeccable software stability," said Reuven Soraya, Director
of Marketing, Mobile Business Unit, ATI Technologies Inc.
"The Mobility Radeon 9000 family has been a catalyst
in the development of notebook PCs so powerful they level
the playing field against desktop PCs, and we anticipate an
even broader adoption of this technology in the coming months."
The Mobility Radeon 9000 family is the first and only mobile
visual processors to use version 1.4 pixel and vertex shaders,
which fully enable users to experience breathtaking special
effects coded into the latest video games. The Mobility Radeon
9000 family is comprised of true mobile processors with unique
mobile features such as PowerPlay 3.0, ATI's aggressive third-generation
power management technology, up to 64 MB of integrated memory,
and integrated LVDS (low voltage differential signaling) which
allows the processors to drive notebook LCD screens without
requiring additional components.
The speed at which notebook designers have implemented ATI's
Mobility Radeon 9000 technology is unprecedented. Unlike competing
solutions, the Mobility Radeon 9000 product family leverages
ATI's unique FlexFit platform architecture, which allows manufacturers
to control costs and reduce time to market by creating a baseline
platform that can be tailored for different market segments
without changing the software driver set or redesigning the
motherboard. Previously, consumers have had to wait several
months for announced mobile graphics technology to appear
in notebooks.
- The Mobility Radeon graphics processor is currently available
in the following notebook and portable designs:
- Actebis Peacock Freeliner XP
- Alienware Area 51-M
- Apple PowerBook G4
- Clevo 888E, 5600, 5620, 5800, and 8880
- Compaq Presario™ 2800T by HP
- Compaq Evo™ N800W by HP
- Dell Inspiron 8200
- ECS Green 732
- Eurocom 5600 Monte Carlo
- Eurocom 8880 Dream Machine
- Eurocom LP285PE Portable PC
- Gericom Masterpiece Radeon
- Medion Microstar
- Sager NP8886
- Sager NP5660
- Vobis Highscreen XD 2400-M9
- WinBook J4
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2002 ATI Technologies Inc. All rights reserved. ATI and ATI
product and product feature names are trademarks and/or registered
trademarks of ATI Technologies Inc. All other company and product
names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective
owners. Features, pricing, availability and specifications are
subject to change without notice.
Contact Information
For media or industry analyst support, visit our Web site
at http://www.ati.com .
Other ATI Contacts:
Chris Hook, Public Relations Manager, Mobile and Integrated
Business Unit, at (905) 882-2600, Ext. 8477 or chook@ati.com
For Information:
Derek Baker, Counsellor, BenchMark Porter Novelli, at (416)
422-7158 or dbaker@bmporternovelli.com
For investor relations support, please contact:
Janet Craig, Director, Investor Relations, ATI Technologies
Inc., at (905) 882-2600, Ext. 2631 or jcraig@ati.com
