Press Release
- 2004
ATI Selected as 3D Graphics Provider for
New RISC Workstation from HP
FireGL™ Graphics Accelerators to
Power Professional Applications
on HP Workstation c8000
Tuesday April 27, 2004
MARKHAM, Ontario - ATI Technologies Inc. (TSX:
ATY, NASDAQ: ATYT) has announced that the FireGL™ T2-128
and the FireGL™ X1-256p graphics accelerators will be the
3D graphics options available in the new HP Workstation c8000.
Designed for users in automotive, aerospace and defense industries,
the dual or quad CPU RISC based workstation, teamed with the
FireGL™ workstation graphics accelerators, help provide
an optimal operating environment for graphics intensive UNIX
applications.
"The highly parallelized architecture of the FireGL workstation
graphics is well suited for the dual CPU cores of HP's new workstation
and is designed to deliver a more robust 3D graphics system to
engineers and designers who run UNIX based applications," said
Dinesh Sharma, Director, Workstation Products, ATI. "As
it becomes increasingly important to reflect the unique needs
of a specialized user base, ATI continues to develop advanced
3D graphics products for the UNIX market."
"ATI continues to build upon their strong lineup of workstation
graphics available to customers on both the UNIX and Windows
platform," said Jim Zafarana, Vice President and Worldwide
Marketing Manager, Workstation Global Business Unit, HP. "The
new high-performance HP Workstation c8000 with FireGL graphics
accelerators helps provide our RISC customers true 64-bit architecture
with first-class graphics, resulting in stunning performance
and increased productivity."
The FireGL X1-256p features 256MB of DDR memory, dual DVI-I
output and a visual processing unit with eight parallel pixel
processors
and four geometry engines, and quad-buffered stereo. The FireGL
T2-128 features 128MB of memory and dual display (VGA and DVI)
complemented by 2 geometry engines and 4 parallel pixel processors.
ATI's FireGL products are supported by a unified driver, which
is designed to help enable cost-effective system administration
and upgrades. All FireGL products come with a three year warranty
and unlimited direct access to a dedicated workstation technical
support team.
For more information about ATI's FireGL workstation graphics
products, please visit www.ati.com/FireGL.
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2004 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
2,500 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:
Tenille Kennedy, Consultant, Porter Novelli Canada, at (416) 422-7163, or tenille.kennedy@porternovelli.com
For media inquiries:
Carrie Maynard,
Public Relations Specialist, at (905) 882-2600, Ext. 8181 or cmaynard@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
