Press Release - 2002

MARKHAM, Ontario - ATI Technologies Inc. (TSX:ATY, NASDAQ:ATYT) announced that the All-in-Wonder® 9700 PRO is now shipping. ATI's new flagship multimedia video card, All-in-Wonder 9700 PRO is available for USD $449.00 and complements All-in-Wonder® Radeon® 8500DV at USD$199 and the value-priced All-in-Wonder® Radeon® 7500 at USD$149.

"The world's fastest video card, All-in-Wonder 9700 PRO, combines the advantages of the world's best Radeon® 9700 PRO and THEATER™ 200 chip technology with the newest version 8.0 of our long-standing and industry leading Multimedia Center software suite," said Rick Bergman, Senior Vice President, Marketing and General Manager, Desktop, ATI Technologies Inc. "As the only product of its kind, ATI is proud to offer the All-in-Wonder 9700 PRO as our newest and world's fastest graphics solution for the holiday season, an ideal gift for the astute computer user to enhance any home theater, study, work or play environment."

In addition to the amazing features the family of All-in-Wonder products offer, All-in-Wonder 9700 PRO provides an exceptional hardware and software bundle including:

• Remote Wonder™ - Offers remote control via RF (radio frequency) for instant easy access to all the multimedia features (TV, video, DVD - and more) from any other room in the house or office (requires USB - universal serial bus) - thus providing a 30-foot User Interface in the palm of your hand;
• HDTV Component Video Adapter - Component Output (YPrPb) enables unique support for a non-interlaced display in the family room for DVD, personal video recording (PVR), gaming and other Windows-based applications;
• Pinnacle Studio 8 (ATI Version) - As a full-featured product with additional ATI-based bonuses, Pinnacle Studio 8 SE delivers powerful features for consumer video editing;
• The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind - Full version of the epic, open-ended single-player game offers amazing visuals and uses the latest shader technology to achieve high visual quality;
• Gemstar's GuidePlus+ - An intelligent free integrated program guide (North America only) allows user to view and search TV listings by category, actor/performer, or date. Schedule and record programs at the click of a mouse - all the benefits of a PVR without the monthly fees; and,
• MatchWare Mediator 7- Enables the ability to combine text, pictures, videos and sounds to build stunning presentations in a few minutes plus create web sites with streaming video and Flash® executables.

All-in-Wonder 9700 PRO also offers the following features:

• ATI's Multimedia Center 8.0 software - Shipping for the first time, version 8.0 of ATI's industry-leading multimedia software suite offers a full range of critically-acclaimed multimedia functions including:
  • Enhanced TV-on-Demand™ PVR for instant replays, pausing live TV or recording live broadcasts for later viewing;
  • mulTView™ - Enables dual TV tuner capabilities such as Picture-in-Picture when combined with ATI-TV WONDER™ or TV WONDER™ VE;
  • ThruView™ - Allows for translucent viewing of TV, DVD (digital versatile disk) and video file playback;
  • VideoSoap™ - Delivers advanced filtering to reduce noise, improve sharpness and soften focus as desired to provide the highest quality video compression for PVR and personal video editing functions;
  • FullStream™ - Uses pixel shaders, based on innovative technology in Radeon® 9700 PRO, to remove blocky artifacts from streaming video and provides sharper image quality and greater scalability; and,
  • Closed Caption Search within TV-on-Demand complements the popular "Hotwords" functionality with the PVR allowing the computer to search for content of interest whether it happens in the future or the recent past;
• ATI's THEATER™ 200 - Provides exceptional video and stereo audio quality viewing during live TV and video input and capture - all based on technologies from ATI's digital television research and development; · VideoShader™ - Uses programmable pixel shader technology to accelerate video processing and provide better-looking visuals;
• Radeon® 9700 PRO GPU and 128MB (megabyte) DDR memory - Designed for advanced 3D graphics and gaming, the All-in-Wonder 9700 PRO delivers the same revolutionary graphics performance as the industry-acclaimed Radeon 9700 PRO graphics card;
• Stereo TV-tuner with 125 channels;
• Analog video capture and editing in MPEG-2 format at up to 720x480 30 frames-per-second resolution;
• DVD video playback with Dolby® AC-3 digital audio;
• Support for Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 and OpenGL®; and,
• Backed by quality ATI customer support and a 3-year limited warranty, All-in-Wonder 9700 PRO supports Windows® XP, Windows® 2000, Windows® Me, and Windows® 98/98 SE (Windows Me driver can be installed on Windows 98/98SE).

Company Background

ATI Technologies Inc. is a world leader in the design and manufacture of innovative 3D graphics and digital media silicon solutions. An industry pioneer since 1985, ATI is the world's foremost visual processor unit (GPU) provider and is dedicated to deliver leading-edge performance solutions for the full range of PC and Mac desktop and notebook platforms, workstation, set-top and digital television, game console and handheld markets. With 2001 revenues in excess of US $1 billion, ATI has more than 1,900 employees in the Americas, Europe and Asia. ATI common shares trade on NASDAQ (ATYT) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (ATY).

Contact Information

For media or industry analyst support, visit our Web site at http://www.ati.com .

Other ATI Contacts:
Pedro Cabezuelo, Senior Counsellor, BenchMark Porter Novelli, at (416) 422-7164 or pcabezuelo@bmporternovelli.com

For Information:
John Swinimer, Public Relations Manager, Consumer Products, at (905) 882-2600, Ext. 8456 or swinimer@ati.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