Press Release
- 2003
ATI flagship mobile graphics selected for
Apple’s
new 15- and 17-inch PowerBook G4 Notebooks
Wednesday September 17, 2003
MARKHAM, ON – Today, ATI Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: ATYT; TSX:
ATY), the undisputed market leader across all mobile platforms,
announced that the Mobility™ Radeon® 9600 mobile visual processor,
which uses advanced 0.13-micron technology, is now shipping in
Apple’s newest 15-inch and 17-inch PowerBook G4 notebooks.
“The Mobility™ Radeon® 9600 drives incredible realism in
the most advanced games and latest 3D workplace applications,” said
Phil Eisler, Vice President and General Manager, Mobile and Integrated
Business Unit. “We have once again delivered a mobile GPU
that offers immersive 3D environments, cinematic realism and
earth-shattering performance to PowerBook notebook users – ATI
is truly the driving force behind the mobile planet.”
“The all-new 15-inch PowerBook with its sleek aluminum
design and high-performance architecture offers the ideal balance
of power and portability, while the 17-inch PowerBook provides
mobile professionals with the largest display available in a
notebook computer,” said Greg Joswiak, Apple’s vice
president of Hardware Product Marketing. “The ATI Mobility™ Radeon® 9600 graphics processor delivers revolutionary 3D performance
with vivid, cinematic quality graphics that enable PowerBook
customers to do studio-quality work on the go.”
The Mobility™ Radeon® 9600 enables digital content creators (DCC),
graphic designers, video editors, power notebook users and
gamers to experience SmartShader™ 2.0 graphics on a mobile
platform at full speed, with full image quality and color precision
for both work or play without compromise. It also supports
a comprehensive array of external display options including
Apple’s all digital 23-inch flat-panel Cinema HD Display
and provides hardware acceleration for multiple video formats.
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2003 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 Inc.
ATI Technologies Inc. is a world leader in the design and manufacture
of innovative 3-D 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 markets. With 2002 revenues
in excess of U.S. $1 billion, ATI has more than 2,000 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
For Information:
Rubeena Hussein, PR Manager Europe, ATI Technologies (Europe) GmbH, phone:
+49 89 66 515 570, rhussein@ati.com
Friederike Weiß, Press Relations Specialist, ATI Technologies (Europe)
GmbH, phone: +49 89 66 515 325, fweiss@ati.com
