Press Release
- 2003
ASUSTek joins ATI as premier board partner
Customers in North America, Europe and
Asia will be able to purchase
Powered by ATI graphics cards from ASUS
Tuesday September 30, 2003
MARKHAM, Ontario/ Munich, Germany – ATI
Technologies Inc. (TSX: ATY, NASDAQ: ATYT) today announced that
ASUSTek Computer Inc., a world leading supplier of graphics add-in-cards,
has chosen ATI’s Radeon® GPUs (visual processing units)
for its new line of products. Beginning in October, customers will
be able to choose the fastest and most advanced graphics cards
from ASUS, which is well recognized and trusted by computer gamers
everywhere.
ATI broadened its business model in 2001 when it began to sell
its graphics chips to third party add-in-card companies in addition
to selling graphics cards under its Radeon brand. The new model
has so far proven successful for ATI.
“We are very pleased that ASUS has chosen ATI graphics
for its new products,” said Rick Bergman, Senior Vice President
of Marketing and General Manager, Desktop, ATI Technologies Inc. “ASUS
is a major player in the market and we think that OEMs, system
integrators and retail customers will readily adopt ASUS boards
that are powered by ATI graphics.”
ATI today introduced the Radeon® 9800 XT and Radeon® 9600
XT visual processors. Featuring advanced support for Microsoft’s
DirectX® 9 specification, both of these visual processors
are ideal graphics platforms for games like Half-Life 2; this
year’s most highly anticipated game from Valve.
“Over the past year ATI had delivered lots of fantastic
GPUs and customers keep asking us to provide ATI-based graphics
solutions” said Jonathan Tsang, Vice President, Sales and
Marketing, ASUSTeK Computer Inc. “We have evaluated the
graphics technology market and realized that partnering with
ATI will allow us to significantly broaden our customer reach.”
For more information on ATI’s visual processors please
visit www.ati.com. For more information on ASUS’s products
please visit www.asus.com.
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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
