Press Release
- 2004
ATI Ships One Millionth PCI Express Graphics Card
ATI and its board partners continue to be the consumers’ only source for
PCI Express visual processors
Friday August 13,
2004
MARKHAM, ON – ATI Technologies
Inc. (NASDAQ: ATYT; TSX: ATY) today shipped its one millionth
native PCI Express visual processing unit (GPU), speeding the
industry transition to PCI Express. ATI and its board partners
continue to be the consumers’ only source for PCI Express
visual processors.
ATI launched its full family of PCI Express graphics solutions
on June 1 at COMPUTEX, including the Radeon™ X300, Radeon™ X600
and Radeon™ X800 for consumer and commercial customers
and the FireGL™ V3100, FireGL™ V3200, FireGL™ V5100
and FireGL™ V7100 for professional customers. These graphics
cards are currently shipping to OEM and system integrator customers
worldwide.
“
Since the outset of the PCI Express initiative, our aim was to
deliver a top-to-bottom family of PCI Express graphics cards
to our OEM customers, hastening the PCI Express transition,” said
Rick Bergman, Senior Vice President Marketing and General Manager,
Desktop, ATI Technologies. “PCI-E is a major innovation
in the computer architecture and there is a rapid transition
in the market to this bus standard. Our huge success in winning
the OEM PCI Express business attests to the fact that our PCI
Express products are robust, high-performing and are a cut above
the rest.”
ATI has co-validated its PCI Express solutions with every major
chipset vendor, motherboard manufacturer and original equipment
manufacturer (OEM) in the industry to ensure mutual compatibility
and interoperability. ATI continues to work with its technology
partners to hasten the transition to PCI Express. For more
information on ATI’s PCI Express products please visit
www.ATI.com.
Copyright 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 2,700 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:
Trevor Campbell, Director, Porter Novelli Canada, at (416) 422-7202
or trevor.campbell@porternovelli.com
For media inquiries:
Patricia Mikula, Public Relations Manager, Desktop, Workstation
and Handheld, at
(905) 882-2600, Ext. 8809 or pmikula@ati.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
