Press Release
- 2004
ATI Ships More than 5 Million Chips for High Definition TVs and Set-top Boxes in 2004
ATI commands an estimated 85% market share for demodulators
and 40% market share for MPEG decoders
Monday
December 20, 2004
MARKHAM, Ontario – ATI Technologies Inc. (TSX: ATY, NASDAQ:
ATYT) announced that in 2004 ATI’s Digital Television division
shipped more than 5 million chips for HD (high-definition) TVs
and HD cable and terrestrial set-top boxes. In addition, ATI announced
market leadership in ATSC/OpenCable™ silicon solutions with
an ATI-estimated 85% market share for THEATER™ and NXT demodulators
and a 40% market share for Xilleon™ MPEG decoders and display
processors.
ATI’s NXT, THEATER and Xilleon chips enable consumer electronics
manufacturers to create a wide variety of products that feature
exceptional reception and video display performance. Manufacturers
also have access to ATI’s extensive software support and
reference designs to help them bring to market unique products
that conform to worldwide industry standards.
Leading manufacturers of HD TVs and HD set-top boxes using ATI
chips include:
Changhong
Coship
Funai (Sylvania)
Hisense
Hitachi
JVC |
Mitsubishi
Matsushita (Panasonic)
Philips
Scientific-Atlanta
Samsung
Sanyo |
Sony
TiVo
Toshiba
Thomson / TTE (RCA)
USDTV
Xoceco (PRIMA) |
“ATI is providing consumer electronics manufacturers with
the industry’s best performing DTV and set-top chipsets,”
said Daniel Eiref, director of marketing for DTV Products, ATI
Technologies Inc. “ATI’s corporate commitment to research
and development in digital television technologies is enabling
our customers to deliver brilliant products while at the same
time meeting the United States Federal Communications Commission
mandated conversion to integrated digital reception.”
ATI’s product family for digital TVs and set-top boxes includes:
- NXT2003™/NXT2004™/NXT2005™ - cost-effective
VSB/QAM/OpenCable reception
- THEATER™ 310/THEATER 313™ - the world’s
best performing VSB/QAM/OpenCable reception
- Xilleon™ 210VC – the only ATSC/OpenCable™
system-on-chip with integrated VSB and MPEG
- Xilleon™ 226 - the world’s most popular and best
performing dual high-definition MPEG decoder with integrated
display processor
ATI Technologies will be exhibiting its DTV solutions at International
CES 2005 at booth 3/30342 at the South Hall, Upper Level, Las
Vegas Convention Center, January 6 to 9, 2005.
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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 the 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 delivering 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 device
markets. With 2004 revenues of US $2 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:
John Swinimer, Public Relations Manager, Consumer Products Division
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 janet@ati.com
