Press Release
- 2004
ATI now number one in discrete graphics
Up 17 percentage points in discrete desktop
graphics
Wednesday October 27, 2004
MARKHAM, ON – New market
share numbers from Mercury Research show ATI gaining 17 percentage
points of market share. This huge shift in customers is due to
strength across all of ATI’s product lines, from entry
level to performance graphics, and is built on two years of product
leadership in DirectX 9 graphics processors. The new numbers
reveal ATI to be the largest graphics company by any measure,
with over half of the desktop discrete market and nearly three
quarters of the notebook discrete market, giving the company
nearly three-fifths of the total discrete graphics market.
“Our business is firing on all cylinders,” said
Rick Bergman, Senior Vice President for ATI’s PC Business
Unit. “Not only are we strong in all aspects of our PC
discrete business, but we’re about to launch a powerful
contender into the desktop integrated market, a market we’ve
essentially been absent from up until this point. In addition,
ATI is leading the graphics charge in cell phones, ahead of the
curve in DTV and we’re looking forward to delivering technologies
for future Xbox and Nintendo products. The success is testament
to the skills and dedication of the ATI employees, who have worked
long and hard to put the company into this leadership position.”
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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
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).
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http://www.ati.com .
Other ATI Contacts:
Trevor Campbell, Manager, Porter Novelli Canada, at (416) 422-7202
or trevor.campbell@porternovelli.com
For media inquiries:
Chris Evenden, Director, Public Relations, at
(905) 882-2600, ext. 8107 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
