Press Release
- 2005
ATI’s FireGL™ V5000 Redefines Mid-Range Graphics for the Professional Workstation Market
Monday January 31,
2005
SolidWorks World - Orlando,
Florida – Bringing a high-end
feature set and impressive performance to the mid-range workstation
market, ATI Technologies Inc. (TSX: ATY, NASDAQ: ATYT) today
introduced and began shipping the FireGL™ V5000 workstation
graphics accelerator. With an MSRP of $699 USD and features previously
available only to users with high-end graphics accelerators,
the FireGL V5000 brings this high-end functionality to a wider
range of design professionals.
Doubling the performance of the previous generation product,
the FireGL V5000 gives users advanced features such as dual DVI
connectors for multi-display applications, dual link support
for 9 megapixel displays, stereo 3D capabilities with quad-buffered
support, eight pixel pipelines, six geometry engines, increased
sub-pixel precision and 128MB of GDDR3 memory. Also featuring
a low power consumption design, the FireGL V5000 cards are certified
with all the leading 3D applications, such as Discreet 3dsmax®,
Autodesk® VIZ 2005, Catia®, Maya®, Softimage®|XSI® and
SolidWorks®.
“Fast and accurate visualization of 3D models is critical
to automotive and product designers,” said Paul Dyck, Design
Product Marketing Manager, Alias. “StudioTools’ advanced
visualization capabilities powered by the new FireGL V5000 will
provide new levels of realism in real time visualization, accelerating
the design and review process.”
"
Product designers using SolidWorks software, are looking to create
a visually compelling product and bring it to market as quickly
and efficiently as possible," said Brian Houle, Manager
of SolidWorks Solution Partner Program. "With the FireGL
V5000, ATI enables SolidWorks users to further streamline the
development process while creating fully shaded and rendered
models at a high level of precision."
“ATI’s FireGL V5000 is a cost-effective yet very
powerful graphics accelerator, particularly suited to the increasingly
large and complex 3D data sets created by Discreet 3ds max and
Autodesk VIZ animation and design visualization artists today,” said
Dan Prochazka, Animation Product Marketing Manager, Discreet. “When
combined with the advanced creative tools of Discreet and Autodesk
software solutions, the FireGL V5000 will allow 3D artists to
develop high-quality, detailed, product models, environments
and characters with greater interactivity resulting in significant
productivity gains.”
“Game developers are constantly striving to meet the demand
for increased realism and sophisticated 3D content. SOFTIMAGE|XSI
software, with its innovative character creation tools, unique
real-time shaders and the industry’s fastest Subdivision
Surfaces takes advantage of the advanced capabilities of the
FireGL V5000. Together, Softimage and ATI are working to enable
content creation professionals to push the boundaries of what
is possible with these tools,” said Gareth Morgan, Senior
Product Manager, Softimage Co., a subsidiary of Avid Technology,
Inc.
"The FireGL 3D workstation graphics accelerators have made
a noted market share gain in the last few quarters," said
Lloyd Cohen, Research Director, Technical Computing, IDC. "ATI
looks to build on their success in the entry-level workstation
space and leverage this into the mid-range with the introduction
of this new product."
“The FireGL V5000 was designed to feature the price benefits
of our entry-level workstation graphics accelerators with the
feature set of a higher priced solution,” said Dave Rolston,
Vice President and General Manager, Workstation and Embedded
Products, ATI. “Customers are responding positively to
the renewed innovation of the FireGL family of graphics accelerators
and we expect the FireGL V5000 to be a strong addition to our
product line-up.”
The FireGL V5000 is shipping today and is available through
Workstation OEMs, Workstation System Integrators and Value Added
Resellers. The FireGL V5000 rounds out the FireGL Visualization
series, which includes the FireGL™ V3100, FireGL™ V3200,
FireGL™ V5100 and FireGL™ V7100, which have been
selected by over a dozen industry leading OEMs and Workstation
System Integrators for their new PCI Express based systems. The
existing AGP products in the FireGL family include the high-end
FireGL™ X3-256, the mid-range FireGL™ X2-256t, the
entry-level FireGL™ T2-128 and the Mobility FireGL™ T2
processor for mobile workstations.
ATI’s FireGL products are supported by a unified driver
and certified by professional 3D ISV partners making system administration
and upgrades cost effective and simple. Those partners who have
selected the FireGL V5000 include: Alienware, ABS, Boxx, Colfax,
Elsa, Matek, Maxdata, Monarch, Research Machines, Sys Tech, Xi
Computer and Xworks Interactive. All FireGL products come with
a three year warranty and unlimited direct access to a dedicated
workstation technical support team.
The FireGL V5000 will be publicly demonstrated for the first
time at ATI’s booth at Solidworks World, January 31-February
2.
For more information about ATI’s FireGL workstation graphics
products, please visit www.ati.com/FireGL
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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 the 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 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 device
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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