Press Release
- 2004
ATI Delivers Industry’s First Integrated
DirectX 9 Graphics Chipset for AMD Athlon™ 64 and Sempron™ Platforms
Radeon® Xpress 200 chipset series
provides OEMs and systems integrators with lightning-fast graphics and platform
performance for AMD desktop PCs
Monday
November
8, 2004
MARKHAM, ON – ATI Technologies Inc.
(TSX: ATY, NASDAQ:ATYT), today announced the availability of
a powerful new chipset family for AMD desktop platforms – the
Radeon® Xpress 200 series. Built on the principles of performance,
connectivity and reliability, Radeon Xpress 200 provides AMD
customers with a best-in-class platform for enthusiast gaming,
high definition home entertainment, and rock-solid enterprise
computing. The chipset series supports Socket 754 and 939 AMD
desktop processors and is comprised of the Radeon Xpress 200
with integrated graphics and the pin-compatible Radeon XPRESS
200P, which allows for high performance add-in graphics. With
the introduction of the Radeon Xpress 200 series, ATI is delivering
its fourth generation chipset and providing systems integrators
and OEMs with unparalleled levels of choice, flexibility and
performance in the design of next-generation AMD-based desktop
PCs.
Radeon Xpress is planned to be available from leading platform
technology manufacturers and OEMs including, HP, Medion AG, Falcon
Northwest, Asus, MSI, Gigabyte, Acorp, Shuttle Computer, Jetway,
Soyo, ECS, Tul, FIC, and PC Partner.
“By introducing the industry’s first AMD-based DirectX
9 chipset with integrated graphics, AMD Athlon 64 processor-based
Radeon Xpress systems provide a very attractive proposition to
extend new value to the consumer and commercial desktop,” said
Marty Seyer, corporate vice president, AMD’s Microprocessor
Business Unit, Computation Products Group. “Through partnering
with ATI on the design of this platform, we have a family of
leading-edge PCI Express chipsets to help PC users embrace 64-bit
computing for visually stunning graphics and plug-and-play access
to the latest multimedia devices.”
Falcon Northwest, a custom computer maker serving the enthusiast
and PC gamer markets, recently selected the Radeon Xpress 200P
for its next-generation AMD PCI Express small form factor gaming
platform.
“In building our next-generation FragBox, we needed a
solution that provided us with an optimal blend of performance,
reliability and power management for small form factor gaming
platforms,” said Kelt Reeves, President, Falcon Northwest. “By
selecting Radeon Xpress 200P we can build on platform technology
that embraces these attributes and provides our users a best-in-class
PCI Express gaming experience for AMD Athlon 64.”
Leveraging the power of ATI discrete graphics processing, Radeon
Xpress 200 delivers ATI’s next generation of industry leading
integrated graphics. Based on Radeon X300 core technology, users
benefit from a variety of features including Vertex Shader 2.0,
Pixel Shader 2.0 and improved anti-aliasing capabilities. The
graphics power of the Radeon X200 is backed up by Catalyst, the
most stable WHQL-certified graphics driver on the market today.
In addition, through ATI’s innovative HyperMemory technology,
Radeon Xpress onboard graphics are further accelerated with up
to 128 MB of system memory.
“As the market begins a widespread transition to PCI Express,
the desktop PC will begin to be redefined as a hub for home entertainment
and multimedia communications,” said Roger Kay, vice president
Client Computing, IDC. “By introducing PCI Express chipsets
for AMD with integrated DirectX 9 graphics, ATI is providing
AMD customers with investment protection and a smooth upgrade
path to next-generation applications and operating systems.”
“By working with AMD through every step
in the design process we have developed a chipset that is highly
scalable, with enough
flexibility to address the needs of OEM customers and the enthusiast
community,” said Phil Eisler, Senior Vice President and
General Manager, Chipset Business Unit, ATI Technologies. “Already
shipping in volume, Radeon Xpress is poised to catapult ATI into
the leadership position for AMD-based PCI Express platform technology.”
- In addition to the industry’s fastest integrated graphics
solution, Radeon Xpress 200 delivers a new level of platform
connectivity and performance with such features as:
- Broad connectivity through four SATA ports with
RAID 0 and 1 support, eight USB ports, one PCIe 16X graphics
slot and four
PCIe 1X slots
-
Rich multimedia with support for high definition audio, onboard
DVI and VGA outputs for multi-monitor support and ATI’s
LCD Enhancement Engine for improved LCD response time
- High reliability through PCI Express-based Gigabit Ethernet,
VPU Recover, TPM 1.1 and 1.2 authentication, and support for
AMD virus protection
- Support for up to 1Ghz HyperTransport with additional overclocking
flexibility
Through supporting end-to-end PCI Express connectivity Radeon
Xpress allows for simplified integration of third party southbridges
for specialized solutions.
"The partnership with ATI, the leader in visual imaging,
aligns well with our business strategy to increase market share
in the PC core logic segment,” said Alex Kuo, president
of ULi Electronics Inc. “The combination of ATi’s
powerful Radeon Xpress series of chipsets and ULi’s highly
integrated M1573 South Bridges presents a multitude of platform
solutions with unprecedented performance and features to support
all the latest 32-bit and 64-bit mainstream CPUs.”
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All other company and product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks
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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
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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