Press Release
- 2003
ATI's new chipsets enable entry-level gaming PCs and notebooks
World's first IGPs with advanced programmable
pixel shader technology deliver up to six times the graphics performance of
competing solutions
Monday June 23, 2003
MARKHAM, ON – In a breakthrough that will deliver
true gaming performance to value PC and notebook users, ATI
Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: ATYT; TSX: ATY.TO) today unveiled
a powerful new family of IGPs (integrated graphics processors),
Radeon® 9100 IGP and Mobility™ Radeon® 9100 IGP. The competitively-priced,
high performance chipsets leverage ATI’s award-winning
desktop and mobile technology to deliver better visual effects
and up to six times the graphics performance of competing
solutions.
Radeon 9100 IGP and Mobility Radeon 9100 IGP redefine integrated
graphics by delivering breathtaking graphics performance to
value and mainstream PC and notebook PC users – up to
six times the performance of the fastest competitors in tests
using the industry-standard 3DMark03 benchmark from Futuremark.
In a breakthrough for entry-level users, Radeon 9100 IGP and
Mobility Radeon 9100 IGP will for the first time enable them
to see the spectacular visual effects implemented in the latest
games, thanks to the inclusion of advanced programmable pixel
shading technology, a first for the chipset industry.
“Dramatic growth in the size of the gaming population,
coupled with the increasing complexity of PC games and the
increased popularity of value PC systems has created a void
where regular and casual gamers want to play the latest games
but don’t have the graphics technology to do so,”
said Dr. Jon Peddie, President, Jon Peddie Research, the leading
multimedia and graphics market research firm. “This
has created a new segmentation in the value category, the
entry-level gaming PC. With Radeon 9100 IGP and Mobility Radeon
9100 IGP,” Peddie added, “ATI is uniquely positioned
to offer a cost-effective solution that addresses this problem,
and provides business and consumer PC and notebook users with
the graphics performance and features they’ve been looking
for in the value space.”
“Decent visual quality, sophisticated graphics features,
and high performance graphics used to be the exclusive preserve
of the high-end PC or notebook user,” said Philip Eisler,
VP and General Manager, Integrated and Mobile Business Unit,
ATI Technologies Inc. “With the latest graphics features,
including advanced programmable pixel shading technology,
massive performance improvements, flexible connectivity, and
advanced power management, Radeon 9100 IGP and Mobility Radeon
9100 IGP are bringing the award-winning Radeon graphics experience
to everyone.”
Competitively priced, Radeon 9100 IGP and Mobility Radeon
9100 IGP are the perfect choices for OEMs and system integrators
designing PCs and notebooks for the mass market. Built for
use with Intel’s Pentium® 4, Celeron®, Pentium®
4 Processor-M, and Pentium® M Processor platforms, Radeon
9100 IGP and Mobility Radeon 9100 IGP also provide the hardware
support to enable entry-level MCE (Media Center Edition) PCs,
and deliver advanced DVD playback features, unique power management
capabilities, support for up to three independent displays,
and multimedia performance that will raise the bar for both
consumer and corporate PC and notebook users.
- Radeon 9100 IGP and Mobility Radeon IGP support a variety
of the latest features including:
- AGP 8X support, which allows users to expand their graphics
experience with a high performance add-in card such as
the award-winning Radeon 9800 Pro;
- Dual-channel 128-bit memory support;
- Flexible graphics frame buffer capability for up to
128MB;
- Up to 400 MHz DDR SDRAM support;
- Advanced DVD playback features including iDCT and motion
compensation;
- Hydravision™ multiple monitor support;
- 10-bit DAC (digital to analog converter) TV-out;
- 16X AF (anisotropic filtering);
- 4X FSAA (full scene anti-aliasing);
- SURROUNDVIEW™, a unique feature that expands
the internal graphics core of Radeon 9100 IGP and Mobility
Radeon 9100 IGP to support up to three independent monitors
when using a desktop add-in card, without disabling their
internal graphics functionality;
- FullStream™, a feature that uses advanced programmable
pixel shading technology to reduce blocky artifacts from
streaming video;
- PowerPlay™, ATI’s award-winning power management
suite that allows Mobility Radeon 9100 IGP users to manage
their notebook’s battery life more efficiently;
- ATI’s unique FlexFit™ architecture, which
allows OEMs to lower production; costs by leveraging Radeon
IGP’s broad-based pin and driver compatibility across
multiple product SKUs.
Radeon 9100 IGP and Mobility Radeon 9100 IGP have been designed
to operate alongside ATI’s IXP family of ‘southbridge’
processors, using ATI’s proprietary high-speed A-Link
technology. IXP processors offer 3-COM 10/100 Ethernet, remote
wake on LAN (local area network), 5.1 channel audio, and a
host of other features including Soft Mixed Signal Corporation’s
USB 2.0 PHY (physical layer) technology.
Radeon 9100 IGP and Mobility Radeon 9100 IGP will begin shipping
this summer.
Copyright
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
ATI Technologies Inc. is a 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 deliver 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 US $1 billion, ATI
has more than 1,900 employees in the Americas, Europe and
Asia. ATI common shares trade on NASDAQ (ATYT) and the Toronto
Stock Exchange (ATY).
Contact Information
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Web site at http://www.ati.com
For Information:
Chris Hook, Public Relations Manager Mobile and Integrated
Business Unit , at (905) 882-2600, Ext. 8477 or chook@ati.com
Other ATI Contacts:
Derek Baker, Consultant, BenchMark Porter Novelli, at (416)
422-7158 or dbaker@bmporternovelli.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
