Press Release
ATI's Radeon® ready for Intel's new AGP chipset
- ATI and Intel work closely to ensure all ATI graphics
chips optimized for the i815e chipset
Toronto, Canada, June 19, 2000 - ATI Technologies Inc.
(TSE:ATY; NASDAQ:ATYT) today announced that its complete product
line of graphics and video accelerators fully support the newly-announced
Intel AGP 4X i815e chipset. Intel's new chipset, which provides
the link between the graphics and video accelerator components
and the CPU, further extend the advantage of the AGP (Accelerated
Graphics Port) bus which allows graphics chips to use the computer's
main memory for 3D and video on the PC.
ATI has worked closely with Intel to ensure that its products
are optimized for the i815e chipset, including the RAGE 128™ family
of chips as well as the just-announced ATI Radeon® graphics
accelerator. Radeon is optimized for high end chip sets such
as the i815e. Radeon's capabilities are complemented by the i815e's
support for AGP 4X, high bandwidth 1.6GB/s system memory and
high performance processors.
"ATI's family of AGP 4X graphics controllers, including the
new Radeon, complement Intel's new chipsets, and Intel is pleased
to have worked closely with ATI to ensure that ATI's graphics
work optimally with the Intel 815E chipset," said Tony Sica,
director of marketing for Intel's Desktop Products Group.
ATI's extensive range of 4X products, for the high to mid-range
of the market, include the ATI Radeon graphics processing unit
(GPU) and the RAGE™ 128 Pro graphics accelerator chip,
as well as Radeon and RAGE 128 Pro-based graphics boards.
All ATI 4X products are designed for both commercial and consumer
applications and through the full benefit of the AGP 4X specification
deliver the 3D graphics acceleration required for high end CAD
use and PC gaming. ATI has also integrated unsurpassed 2D and
video acceleration into its graphics chip products.
"From the outset, ATI has been a chief proponent of the AGP
bus," said Dave Orton, President and COO of ATI. "We worked with
Intel to establish the first AGP specification in 1996 and have
continued this close working relationship up to and including
the development of the AGP 4X specification. As a result, ATI
can offer the full benefit of graphics chips that are optimized
for all AGP 4X systems."
Corporate Profile
ATI Technologies Inc., the world's largest supplier of 3D graphics and multimedia
technology, designs, manufactures and markets innovative and award-winning
multimedia solutions and graphics components for the personal computer, set-top
box, consumer electronics appliance and e-appliance markets. An ISO 9002
company, ATI is the world's leading supplier of video and 2D/3D graphics
accelerators to OEM and retail customers. Founded in 1985, ATI employs more
than 1,800 people at headquarters in Thornhill, Ontario, and in offices in
the United States, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Barbados,
Malaysia, Japan and Hong Kong. ATI is a public company whose shares trade
on the Toronto Stock Exchange and NASDAQ.
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ATI Technologies (Europe) GmbH
Nicole Dortans, Press Relations Manager
ATI Technologies (Europe) GmbH
+49 (89) 665 15-535
Email: ndortans@ati.com
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