Press Release
- 2005
ATI is World’s Biggest Discrete Graphics
Supplier for 2004
Top-to-bottom product leadership and strong
OEM relationships continue to drive substantial growth for ATI
Thursday January 27,
2005
MARKHAM, ON – New Mercury Research market share numbers released
today for Q4 2004 show ATI Technologies Inc. (TSX: ATY, NASDAQ:ATYT)
was the world’s largest discrete graphics supplier in 2004.
ATI continues to move forward with six sequential quarters of
year over year growth - shipping over half of the world’s
discrete graphics.
“With a virtual clean sweep of OEM PCI Express designs
on desktop and notebook PCs, ATI continues to lead the market
for discrete
graphics,” said Rick Bergman, Senior Vice President, PC
Business Unit, ATI Technologies. “In addition, we’ve
ramped volume production of the Radeon® X800XL and Radeon® X850
series to put ATI in the best position to increase performance
and market share leadership for high-end DirectX 9 graphics processors.”
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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:
Chris Evenden, Director of Public Relations,
ATI Technologies, at
(905) 882-2600, Ext. 2629 or cevenden@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
