MARKHAM,
ONTARIO, Apr 24, 2006 (CCNMatthews via COMTEX News Network) -- ATI's
Avivo™ technology powers new family of high performance FireGL products
for DCC, CAD and visualization customers
ATI Technologies Inc. (TSX:ATY)(NASDAQ:ATYT) today announced a
complete top-to-bottom line of next generation FireGL™ workstation
graphics accelerators for professional users. The new family of
products range from an ultra high-end one gigabyte configuration to
128MB model, and are all based on ATI's scalable, ultrathreaded
architecture with Avivo™ video and display technology.
The next generation FireGL family includes the FireGL™ V3300 and
FireGL™ V3400 for the entry level segment, the FireGL™ V5200 targeting
the mid-range, and the high-end FireGL™ V7200, complementing the ultra
high-end FireGL™ V7300 and FireGL™ V7350 announced in March of this
year. With these products, ATI continues to advance the state of the
art in workstation graphics, and drive advanced features to more
affordable price points. Based on ATI's industry-leading Avivo
technology, these accelerators incorporate the following advanced
features:
- A 10-bit display pipeline capable of rendering scenes with over a billion colors;
- High dynamic range (HDR) 16-bit per RGB component output for incredible image fidelity;
- Dual link output, capable of driving ultra-high resolution cinema/widescreen monitors.
"ATI's engineering excellence continually leads the industry, and
these new workstation products are no exception, delivering the first
one gigabyte framebuffer, the first dual link output in an entry level
solution, the first to offer two dual link outputs in a mid-range
product, and the first to develop a 10-bit rendering pipeline as a core
capability," said Joe Chien, General Manager, Workstation Group, ATI.
"With this new lineup, ATI delivers the fastest performing and most
fully featured workstation graphics accelerators at each price
segment."
"ATI has now set its sights on expanding their business further into
the mid-range and high end segments of the market, having led the entry
level workstation graphics market since the industry transition to PCI
Express," said Lloyd Cohen, Research Director, Technical Computing,
IDC. "ATI is well poised to make a competitive play in all segments
with this new product lineup."
"At Autodesk, we're continually striving to meet the needs of our
customers, who are being challenged to handle increasingly large and
complex scenes. Alongside the tools and architecture that we provide in
Autodesk Maya software, our users require graphics hardware that can
give them the power to drive these sophisticated and intricate data
sets that are becoming the staples of their day-to-day work. The FireGL
has all that and more," said Jill Ramsay, Senior Product Manager for
Autodesk Maya Software. "With support of the 64-bit OS and now its new
Avivo technology, ATI is an important partner that understands the
direction that we want to take the industry in and is delivering the
kind of experience professional users demand."
ATI's next generation workstation graphics accelerators offer a wide
range of memory configurations and processing power depending on the
needs of the end-user. The new line of FireGL products also offer the
widest cross-platform support, including the upcoming Windows Vista™
operating system, and is optimized for applications based on OpenGL®
2.0 and DirectX® 9, ATI's FireGL products are supported by a unified
driver, which is tested and certified by professional 3D ISV partners,
ensuring system compatibility and reliability, while simplifying system
administration and reducing maintenance costs. All FireGL products come
with a three year warranty and direct access to a dedicated workstation
technical support team.
The FireGL V3300, FireGL V3400, FireGL V5200 and FireGL V7200 are
shipping today, from Workstation System Integrators - Alienware, Amax,
Armari, Boxx, Cad2, Colfax, Monarch Computer Systems, Omnitech,
Polywell, Safe Harbor, Systemax, Polywell, Velocity Micro, Voodoo PC,
Xi Computer and 3dshop.com - from distributors - ASK, D&H, Exxact,
Elsa Asia, Ingram Micro, JB&A, Man & Machine, Noesse Daten
Technik GmbH, Schneider Digital, Synnex and Tech Data - and Value Added
Resellers.
For more information about ATI's FireGL products, please visit www.ati.com/FireGL.