Press Release
- 2003
Watch TV Anywhere and Anytime On Home PCs With ATI's EazyConnect™
New Catalyst® software enhances TV viewing experience on a home network
Monday
November 17, 2003
MARKHAM, Ontario – EazyConnect™ software from ATI
Technologies Inc. (TSX: ATY, NASDAQ: ATYT) enables users to share
TV – live or recorded – from a PC equipped with ATI’s
All-in-Wonder® card with any other PC on their home network,
as long as it has a “Built By ATI” Radeon® graphics
card. The All-in-Wonder card turns a PC into a fully-functional
personal video recorder and EazyConnect™ extends those benefits
to other PCs in the home. The launch of EazyConnect™ is the latest
step in the transition of the PC from workhorse to the Multimedia Center of a wired home.
ATI’s EazyConnect™ converts a PC with an All-in-Wonder card
into a video server. The viewer can sit at any networked PC (assuming
it has a “Built By ATI” Radeon card) and watch TV
with access to all the functions of a Personal Video Recorder.
They can pause live TV, skip ad breaks, get instant replays of
touchdowns and so on.
“As home data networks have surpassed the critical ten
million household mark for U.S. households and will reach 30
million in just five years, connectivity for multimedia applications
will spur dramatic growth,” said Kurt Scherf, Vice President
of Research for Parks Associates, a market research and consulting
firm. “Given that one in five consumers in networked homes
is already expressing an interest in multimedia networks, we
anticipate strong uptake for solutions that leverage the processing
and storage power of the home computer to drive new entertainment
applications.”
“
EazyConnect™ brings us one step closer to putting a multimedia
PC at the center of a connected home,” said Ben Bar-Haim,
Vice President Software, ATI Technologies Inc. “Now that
home networks are commonplace, ATI is introducing EazyConnect™ to
leverage them to bring PVR functionality to every room with a
computer.”
ATI is the only company to provide a complete multimedia solution
for the PC platform: advanced 3D graphics hardware and software;
hardware accelerated video processing; and, sophisticated software
for remote multimedia enjoyment. ATI’s EazyConnect™ software
has been certified by Microsoft Windows Hardware Qualified Labs,
confirming its stability and compatibility with the widest possible
range of systems.
The combination of ATI’s Radeon based
video cards and All-in-Wonder with EazyConnect™ (available in Multimedia Center
8.8/Catalyst 3.10) delivers an enhanced home networking solution – only
available from ATI Technologies. EazyConnect™ is designed
to run on any secure home networking configuration including
10/100
BaseT, HPNA, and 802.11b/g.
Available for free* download from ati.com in December 2003,
EazyConnect™ is included with ATI’s Catalyst® 3.10
software package designed to give ATI’s Radeon video card
users improved performance, additional entertainment value and
overall
increased stability.
* Connection availability and charges may apply.
Copyright 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.
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
2003 revenues in excess of US $1.3 billion, ATI has more than 2,200
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:
John Swinimer, Public Relations Manager, Consumer Products Division,
at (905) 882-2600, Ext. 8456 or swinimer@ati.com
Other ATI Contacts:
Trevor Campbell, Manager, Porter Novelli, at (416) 422-7202 or
trevor.campbell@porternovelli.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
