Press Release
- 2003
ATI's Industry-leading DTV Technologies Drive New Plat' C2 Broadband Terminal Box
Advanced DTV technology delivers broadband features
Monday, January
6, 2003
MARKHAM, Ontario – ATI Technologies Inc. (TSX:ATY,
NASDAQ:ATYT) announced today that the industry-leading ATI
Xilleon™ 220 has been chosen by Plat’ C2, Inc.
for the BTBox (Broadband Terminal Box). With the benefit of
ATI’s DTV expertise, Plat’ C2 can provide its
customers with the latest in broadband technology for home
entertainment and corporate communication.
With ATI’s Xilleon 220, Plat’ C2’s BTBox
offers users access to broadband content, web browsing and
e-mail via high speed Internet at ADSL (asymmetric digital
subscriber line)/FTTH (fiber to the home) speeds (2-6Mbps
in Japan) on a home TV with a digital video, S-Video or composite
video connector. The BTBox also supports high quality MPEG2
video streaming over a corporate LAN (Local Area Network)
with data rates up to 20Mbps.
“ATI’s Xilleon 220 is the best solution for Plat’
C2 to deliver broadband technology to our customers,”
said John Y. Tsukahara, President and CEO, Plat’ C2,
Inc. “We’ve been very pleased with the support
that ATI has provided to us in Japan while developing this
product, and now our BTBox customers can enjoy the benefits
of the Internet, email, home TV entertainment and business
content with all the rich interactive experience the Xilleon
220 can offer.”
The highly integrated Xilleon gives home entertainment manufacturers
the flexibility to offer a wide variety of consumer solutions
such as VOD (video-on-demand), 3D gaming, multi-stream video,
PVR (personal video recording), PIP (picture-in-picture) and
much more. Xilleon 220’s worldwide standard support
for all major networks (DVB, ATSC, BS Digital, MHP) enables
developers to use a single platform for multiple markets and
further reduce costs.
“Based on its industry-leading capabilities and worldwide
functionality, ATI’s Xilleon 220 is gaining constant
exposure and recognition in the marketplace with the support
from companies such as Plat’ C2,” said Gen Shimada,
Director of Marketing for ATI Japan. “The combination
of Xilleon 220 with devices such as broadband terminal boxes
is indicative of the evolving state of consumer electronics
and ATI is proud to partner with Plat’ C2 to include
Xilleon 220 in their BTBox.”
Xilleon 220 integrates into a single chip all processor,
graphics, video, audio, and I/O (input and output) capabilities
needed
in a set-top box or digital TV. Included are a 300 MHz MIPS®
CPU (central processing unit), dual-HD (high definition) capable
MPEG decoder, audio decoder, dual display engine, 2D and 3D
graphics engine, conditional access, transport demultiplexers,
PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect), USB (universal serial
bus), and hard disk drive interfaces.
ATI Technologies will exhibit its DTV technologies at International
CES in booth 31145 (south hall) January 9-12, 2003 in Las
Vegas, Nevada.
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2003 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.
Company Background
About Plat’ C2, Inc.
Owned by Plat’Home Co. Ltd., Plat Communication Components
Inc. (Plat’C2, Inc.), with headquarters in Tokyo, Japan,
designs and manufactures broadband communications solutions
for home and business-use. Their experienced staff is dedicated
to the continued development and support of next-generation
solutions for the broadband market.
About ATI Technologies
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
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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,
ATI Technologies Inc., 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
