ATI announces the new ALL-IN-WONDER® 9700 PRO

World's fastest multimedia graphics card features dual TV tuner support and ATI's fastest DirectX® 9.0 graphics

MARKHAM, Ontario September 30, 2002 Multimedia on the PC rises to a new level with today's announcement from ATI Technologies Inc. (TSX:ATY, NASDAQ:ATYT) of the ALL-IN-WONDER® 9700 PRO. The world's fastest multimedia graphics card joins the award-winning ALL-IN-WONDER® family to offer mulTView for dual TV tuner support and 128MB of Double Data Rate (DDR) memory plus mre ? powered by the new RAEON? 9700 PRO VPU (visual processor unit) graphics chip with cutting edge 2D and 3D graphics performance.

ATI's new flagship multimedia video card, ALL-IN-WONDER 9700 PRO, will be available this fall for less than USD$500 and will complement the currently shipping ALL-IN-WONDER® RAEON? 8500DV at USD$199 and the value-priced ALL-IN-WONDER® RAEON? 7500 at USD$149.

"With dual TV tuner support, we've delivered a major customer-requested feature," said Godfrey Cheng, Director of Marketing, Multimedia Products, ATI Technologies Inc. "ALL-IN-WONDER 9700 PRO delivers many great new features that elevate the Home Theater PC to a brand new level. ATI continues to pack the most excitement into one easily installable solution for maximum performance, features and stabilty ? no other multimedia video card can deliver this much entertainment."

"ALL-IN-WONDER 9700 PRO is designed around the critically acclaimed RADEON 9700 RO ? the industry's first visual processing uit ? to deliver top performance, even for hard-core gamers," said Blair Birmingham, Group Product Manager, TV PC Multimedia Products, ATI Technologies Inc. "This groundbreaking graphics chip includes Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 support, our VIDEOSHDER? engine and video compression for an extremely high quality video experience. We created ALL-IN-WONDER 9700 PRO for the customer who wants to get the best multimedia experience out of their computer for gaming, video editing and enhanced TV viewing.

"We're also delivering on the high resolution visual experience in the family room by providing Component Output capabilities (YPrPb) with this product. ALL-IN-WONDER 9700 PRO enables unique support for a non-interlaced display in the family room for DVD, personal video recording (PVR), gaming and other Windows-based applications."

ALL-IN-WONDER 9700 PRO offers the following features: · ATI's MULTIMEDIA CENTER 8.0 softwre ? In addition to a full range of critically-acclaimed multimedia functions such as a free integrated program guide (North America only) from Gemstar-TV Guide's GUIDE Pus+? and enhanced TV-ON-DEAND? PVR for instant replays, pausing live TV or recording live broadcasts for later viewing, new software enhancements include: o MulTVew ? Enables dual TV tuner capabilities such as Picture-in-Picture when combined with ATI-TV WODER? or TV WODER? VE;
o THRUIW? ? Allows for translucent viewing of TV, DVD (digital versatile disk) and video file playback;
o VIDEOOP? ? Delivers advanced filtering to reduce noise, improve sharpness and soften focus as desired to provide the highest quality video compression for PVR and personal video editing functions;
o FULLSTEM? ? Uses pixel shaders, based on innovative technology in RADEON 9700 PRO, to remove blocky artifacts from streaming video and provides sharper image quality and greater scalability;
o Closed Caption Search within TV-ON-DEAND? complements the popular "Hotwords" functionality with the PVR allowing the computer to search for content of interest whether it happens in the future or the recent past; · Pinnacle Video Studi 8 ? Offers powerful features for consumer video editing;
· Matchware Mediato 7 ? Enables the ability to combine text, pictures, videos and sounds to build stunning presentations in a few minutes;
· ATI's THETER? 00 ? Provides exceptional video and stereo audio quality viewing during live TV and video input and captre ? all based on technologies from ATI's digital television research and development;
· VIDEOSHDR? ? Uses programmable pixel shader technology to accelerate
video processing and provide better-looking visuals;
· REMOTE WODR? ? Offers remote control via RF (radio frequency) for instant easy access to all the multimedia features (TV, video, DVD ? and more) from any other room in the house or office (requires SB ? universal serial bs) ? it's the 30-foot User Interface in the palm of your hand;
· RAEON? 9700 PRO VPU and 128MB (megabyte) DDR memry ? Designed for advanced 3D graphics and gaming;
· Component Video output via a YprPb adapter (available in North America ony) ? Connects to the big screen TV in the family room at high resolution with optimized viewing modes;
· Stereo TV-tuner with 125 channels;
· Analog video capture and editing in MPEG-2 format at up to 720x480 30 frames-per-second resolution;
· DVD video playback with Dolby® AC-3 digital audio;
· Support for Microsoft DirectX 9.0 and OpenGL®; and,
· Backed by quality ATI customer support and a 3-year limited warranty, ALL-IN-WONDER 9700 PRO supports Windows® XP, Windows® 2000, Windows® Me, and Windows® 98/98 SE (Windows Me driver can be installed on Windows 98/98SE).

ATI's RADEON 9000 and RADEON 9000 PRO Mainstream Product Now Shipping; Delivering High-End Graphics to the Mainstream for the First Time

July 22, 2002--ATI Technologies Inc. and its add-on-board partners are shipping the revolutionary RADEON(TM) 9000 and RADEON 9000(TM) PRO visual processors to the mainstream market, effective immediately. The RADEON 9000 products feature technology innovations first introduced in the high-end segment of the market, combined with the best performance of any mainstream graphics product available.

Both the RADEON 9000 and RADEON 9000 PRO feature industry-leading technologies, including quad-pipe architecture, with four parallel rendering pipelines; programmable pixel and vertex shaders, powered by SMARTSHADER(TM), allowing mainstream users to benefit fully from Microsoft(R) DirectX(R) 8.1 for the first time; flexible multiple display architecture supported by HYDRAVISION(TM), allowing effective use of multiple displays; and industry-leading video playback, featuring FULLSTREAM(TM) technology for accelerated and improved video streaming.

"RADEON 9000 and RADEON 9000 PRO offer the most affordable and complete set of features and the highest performance in the mainstream market," said Rick Bergman, Senior Vice President, Marketing and General Manager, Desktop, ATI Technologies Inc. "Mainstream gamers will discover a new level of realism and performance in 3D games that, as recently as 12 months ago, was reserved for high-end users."

The RADEON 9000 and RADEON 9000 PRO graphics cards feature 64MB of DDR memory and flexible dual-display support including DVI-I, VGA and TV-out. RADEON 9000 PRO is now available at all major computer retailers across North America, at a suggested retail price of $149. A number of add-in-board manufacturers are also now shipping product based on RADEON 9000, at very affordable prices.