Press Release
- 2005
ATI Drives High Definition Visual Performance
into Thin-and-Light Notebook PCs
Mobility™ Radeon® X700 ushers
in a new era of performance, power management and visual realism for thin-and-light
notebook users
Wednesday January 19, 2005
MARKHAM, ON – ATI Technologies Inc. (TSX: ATY, NASDAQ:ATYT),
the global leader for discrete PC graphics, today announced a
powerful new PCI Express-based graphics processor for notebook
PCs – the Mobility™ Radeon® X700. Driving high
definition DirectX® 9 performance into new territory, Mobility
Radeon X700 delivers eye-popping visuals and longer battery life
for the rapidly growing thin-and-light and performance-thin notebook
segments. With eight pixel pipelines, six vertex engines and
high speed GDDR3 memory support, Mobility Radeon X700 provides
the horsepower to easily handle today’s most visually intensive
games, high definition content and workstation applications.
With the introduction of Mobility Radeon X700, ATI now offers
a top-to-bottom line of native PCI Express mobile graphics processors.
Mobility Radeon X700 technology will be adopted by many of the
industry’s top OEM and ODM designers including Acer, Arima,
Asus, Alienware, BenQ, Clevo, Compal, ECS, Eurocom, Fujitsu,
Fujitsu-Siemens, Gateway Inc, Inventec, Lenovo, LG, Medion, MSI,
Samsung, Sony, Targa, Toshiba and Uniwill .
“Users want next generation graphics performance without
sacrificing the convenience of their thin-and-light notebooks,” said
Phil Eisler, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Mobile
Business Unit, ATI technologies. “With the introduction
of Mobility Radeon X700, they don’t have to. It has the
versatility, performance and power efficiency to address a wide
range of notebooks from thin-and-light to mobile workstations.”
- Desiged for performance thin and thin-and-light users, Mobility
Radeon X700 offers a wide range of features and benefits including:
- Eight parallel pixel pipelines and six programmable
vertex pipelines for lightning fast graphics performance
- PowerPlay™ 5.0 with new PCI Express based power management
capabilities for longer battery life
- LRTC™ and
LCD-EE™ for high-quality, crisp video
playback on notebook panels
- Automatic Display Configuration
technology for simplified setup of external displays
- High performance
GDDR3 memory support
- A range of integrated memory options
optimized for space and power efficiency
For more information and a list of shipping notebooks featuring
Mobility Radeon X700 please visit www.ati.com.
Copyright 2005 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 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:
Derek Baker, Senior Consultant, Porter Novelli Canada, at (416)
422-7158 or derek.baker@porternovelli.com
For media inquiries:
Jon Carvill, Public Relations Manager,
Mobile and Integrated Business Unit, at
(905) 882-2600, Ext. 8477 or jcarvill@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
