Press Release
- 2003
World's first notebook PC capable of cinematic realism powered by ATI
ATI's Mobility™ Radeon® 9600 mobile visual processor now shipping
Monday June 2, 2003
MARKHAM, ON – Dramatic visual effects,
unmatched performance and vibrant cinematic realism are now available
to notebook users for the first time, as ATI Technologies Inc. (TSX:ATY,
NASDAQ:ATYT)
today announced that the Mobility™ Radeon® 9600 mobile visual
processor is now shipping in the Overdose Radeon® 2040 XL notebook
PC by Gericom, one of Europe’s foremost notebook manufacturers.
The Mobility Radeon 9600 is the first mobile graphics processor to ship
with full hardware support for Microsoft DirectXTM 9.0. It runs DirectX™ 9.0
graphics at full-speed, with full image quality and color precision at all
times – a requirement for true-to-life cinematic special effects.
The first mobile graphics processor to be manufactured using the leading-edge
0.13 micron manufacturing process, Mobility Radeon 9600 offers higher DirectX
9.0 performance than any competitive chip.
Gericom’s Overdose Radeon 2040 XL is powered by ATI’s Mobility
Radeon 9600 mobile visual processor with 64MB DDR RAM, an Intel® Pentium® 4
Processor-M running at 2GHz, 512MB RAM, a 60GB hard drive, a DVD-R/RW drive,
and a 15” SXGA+ panel display.
“Gericom has created a notebook that offers incredible cinematic
imagery, performance and features superior to many high-end desktop PCs,” said
Phil Eisler, Vice President and General Manager, Mobile and Integrated Business
Unit, ATI Technologies Inc. “Mobility Radeon 9600 once again demonstrates
ATI’s ability to bring powerful new technologies to market ahead of
the competition.”
Mobility Radeon 9600 uses an extraordinarily efficient 3D core delivering
12 pixel shader operations per clock cycle, and is a multimedia powerhouse
with comprehensive hardware acceleration for encode, decode and de-blocking
of MPEG-2 and streaming video formats. The Mobility Radeon 9600 also extends
ATI’s leadership in notebook graphics power management, giving users
both the longest battery life and highest performance.
With the availability of Mobility Radeon 9600, ATI has extended its leadership
by bringing the highest performance, cinematic realism and DirectX 9.0 graphics
to all segments of the PC market – high-end and mainstream desktop
and notebook PCs.
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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.
About
the Company
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 processing 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
For Information:
Chris Hook, Public Relations Manager, Mobile and Integrated Business Unit, at
(905) 882-2600, Ext. 8477 or chook@ati.com
Other ATI Contacts:
Derek Baker, Counsellor, BenchMark Porter Novelli, at (416) 422-5178 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 janet@ati.com
