ATI's Award-Winning Graphics Boards Chosen to Power Founder's Gaming PCs; Intense Graphics Accelerate First Gaming Machines by Major OEM in China

Business Wire, Jan 6, 2003

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MARKHAM, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 6, 2003

ATI Technologies Inc. (TSX:ATY) (NASDAQ:ATYT) today announced that Founder Technology Computer System Co. Ltd. has selected the RADEON(TM) 9700 PRO, the RADEON(TM) 9700 and the RADEON(TM) 9000 to power three gaming machines - the Zhuo Yue Chuan Qi 9700, the Zhuo Yue Chuan Qi 8200 and the Zhuo Yue Chuan Qi 8100. This announcement marks the ninth time Founder has chosen ATI products for its new computers since the launch of the RADEON 9000, RADEON 9700 and RADEON 9700 PRO.

"OEMs around the world recognize that ATI has the best graphics on the market," says Rick Bergman, Senior Vice President, Marketing and General Manager, Desktop, ATI Technologies Inc. "The success of the RADEON 9700 and RADEON 9000 series boards is testament to ATI being able to deliver the best performance and quality, while meeting OEM schedules."

"Founder prides itself on using top-notch components for its PCs," says Jing Wei Wu, Deputy General Manager, Founder Technology Computer System Co. Ltd. "Together with ATI, we are delivering the utmost in quality, power and performance to our customers who demand nothing but the best.

Featuring a 256-bit memory interface, Microsoft(R) DirectX(R) 9.0 support and eight parallel rendering pipelines, the RADEON 9700 PRO and the RADEON 9700 will thrill users of the Zhuo Yue Chuan Qi 9700 and the Zhuo Yue Chuan Qi 8200. The RADEON 9000 will drive the Zhuo Yue Chuan Qi 8100 with best of class 3D gaming with its quad-pipe architecture and Microsoft(R) DirectX(R) 8.1 support.

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