EDPWeekly - Vol.43 No.30 - August 5,2002 - ATI's Revolutionary RADEON 9700 Fully Validated With Upcoming AMD Platform

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EDPWeekly Vol.43 No.30 (August 5, 2002) covers technology announcements centered on ATI and AMD platform validation. ATI announces full validation of the RADEON 9700 graphics chip with upcoming Hammer Technology-based AMD Athlon and Opteron processors, highlighting AGP 8X compatibility, bandwidth, 3-D realism, and performance for CAD, digital content creation, and gaming. The issue also reports AMD, Fujitsu, and Saifun’s collaboration on cross-licensing, litigation settlement, and next-generation non-volatile memory development.

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ATI's Revolutionary RADEON 9700 Fully Validated With Upcoming AMD Platform

AMD, Fujitsu and Saifun Announce Collaboration

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EDPWeekly The Leading Information Technology News Summary--Now In Its 43Year Vol.43 No.30 August 5,2002 # ATI'SREVOLUTIONARYRADEON9700FULLYVALIDATEDWITHUPCOMINGAMDPLATFORM ATI Technologies Inc.(TSX:ATY;NASDAQ:ATYT)hasannounced the fullvalidationof its revolutionary RADEON9700 graphics chipwith theupcomingAMDAthlon andAMDOpteronprocessorsbasedon Hammer Technology. TheRADEON9700chip,whichoffersmorebandwidth thananyother graphics chipintheworld,will work efficiently and seamlessly with AMD'sleadingedgeplatforms-basedonthenewlyspecifiedAccelerated Graphics Port(AGP)8Xinterface-todeliversolidand stablesolutions forcommercial andconsumer use.The RADEON 9700 becomes theworld's first AGP8Xparttobevalidatedby AMD."The RADEON 9700 chip's compatibility withAMD'scompelling8Xplatformmakes forapowerfuland productive computing experience,"says RickBergman,Senior Vice President,Marketing andGeneralManager,Desktop,ATITechnologies Inc."We have teamed up with AMD to ensure that ourRADEON9700 products and supporting softwareareoptimized forAMDplatformsbasedon HammerTechnology.Thevalidationisexciting newsforbothourcompaniesandespecially forourjointcustomers.” ATI'snext-generation RADEON9700chip,avisualprocessingunit(VPU)thatrevolutionizesthevisualexperience,bringsanewlevelof3-Drealismandkiller graphicspowertothemarket.The fastest 3-Dchipintheworld,ATI's RADEON9700 doubles Page 1 AMD,FUJITSUAND SAIFUNANNOUNCECOLLABORATION AMD(NYSE:AMD),Fujitsu and SaifunSemiconductors Ltd.have announced acomprehensive collaboration under whichthe threecompanieshave agreedto cross-licensepatents andtechnology,settleallpendinglitigationandcollaboratein the development of future generations of non-volatilememory(NVM)technology. Aspartofthecollaboration,AMDandFujitsuwill alsotake anequity stakein Saifun. (Continued on Page 2) INTHISISSUE IBM AND VMWARE SIMPLIFYCONSOLIDATION OF INTELPROCESSOR-BASED SERVERS… ……3 M-SYSTEMS'FLASH DISK PRODUCTSDESIGNED ONTO DEVELOPMENTPLATFORMS …4 ASIA’S 1ST MULTIVENDOR NAS-SANINTEGRATION PROJECT GOES LIVE...….5 DATARAM:MEMORY UPGRADES FORCOMPAQ ML530 G2 MEMORY…… …5 INTERPHASE:NEW NETWORK CARDPURPOSE-BUILT FOR 3G WIRELESS………6 SANGATE SYSTEMS:AVAILABILITY OFFIRST DEDICATED DATA MIGRATIONAPPLIANCE FOR OPEN SYSTEMS………7 JNI FCX2-6562 DUAL-PORT PCI HBAQUALIFIED BY EMC FOR ENTERPRISESTORAGE NETWORKS………………………… ………8 ATI(Continued from Page1) the number of pixel pipelines to turbo charge datatransmission.With 128MBFast DDRmemory,thisincredibleproduct offers anew level ofmovie-likerealism.The RADEON9700chipcomplements theAMDplatforms thatsupportAGP8Xtodelivertwicethe graphics processing bandwidthofcurrent AGP4Xsystems. Together,these cutting-edgesystems fromATI and AMD support applications that requiremassiveamountsofphysicalandvirtualmemory,suchasdatabasemanagementsolutions.System flexibilityandincreased graphicsdata throughput willbenefitcorporateusers whorequireimprovedperformancefor CAD or digital content creation,as well asconsumers for gaming and broadband purposes.Investment protectionisanotherhugebenefitasAMDprocessors with Hammer Technology-theindustry'sfirst x86-64 bit systems -run 32-bit applicationsnatively,whileallowingatransitionpaththrough64-bitextensions,ascustomersrequire. "TheRADEON9700validationisamilestonein our ongoing collaboration with ATI,"said RichHeye,vice president of platform engineering andinfrastructure,Computation Products Group,AMD.“AMDOpteron and AMDAthlonprocessorsbasedonHammer Technology and ATI'sRADEON9700familyofproducts will providecustomersoptimized32-bit performance along with the flexibility toseamlesslymigrateto64-bitenvironments." AMDAthlon processor-basedsystems giveusersoneofthehighestlevelsofsoftwareperformanceavailable today.AMD Athlon processors provideoutstanding performance forcutting-edge software August 5,2002 applications running on today's high-end desktopsystems,notebooks,workstations,and servers.T

FAQs

What does ATI announce about the RADEON 9700 in this issue?

ATI announces the full validation of its RADEON 9700 graphics chip with upcoming AMD Athlon and Opteron processors based on Hammer Technology.

Which interface and platform features are highlighted for RADEON 9700?

The issue highlights AGP 8X interface compatibility and increased bandwidth to deliver stable solutions across commercial and consumer use.

What collaboration is reported alongside the ATI news?

AMD, Fujitsu, and Saifun Semiconductor announce a collaboration including cross-licensing patents and technology, settling pending litigation, and jointly developing future non-volatile memory technology.

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