ATI Delivers CATALYST™ 3.2 To Enhance Multimedia Computing Experience ATI's innovative software suite receives MULTIMEDIA CENTER updates Wednesday March 12, 2003 MARKHAM, Ontario – ATI Technologies Inc. (TSX:ATY, NASDAQ:ATYT) today unveiled CATALYST™ 3.2, a high-quality, reliable graphics software suite that includes unified driver and software applications to enable its RADEON™ family of graphics products. This latest release features ATI’s industry-recognized MULTIMEDIA CENTER 8.1 software suite. MULTIMEDIA CENTER is a suite of applications that provide best-in-class players for the enhanced enjoyment of audio and video content on a PC. Accessed by an easy-to-use desktop toolbar, end users may select from a variety of multimedia players, optimized to use the installed hardware to produce high quality graphic display of TV, DVD, or captured video, or fully featured playback of CDs or captured audio. MULTIMEDIA CENTER provides advanced options such as Still Capture, Closed Caption functions, Dual Subtitle display while watching DVDs, and a specialized library application to manage multimedia files. “ATI's CATALYST releases are designed to provide added entertainment and performance for ATI video card owners,” said Rick Bergman, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Desktop Business Unit, ATI Technologies Inc. “We’re delivering these advances through the entertainment value in MULTIMEDIA CENTER 8.1 combined with the unified and reliable Microsoft® Windows® Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL) certified drivers. MULTIMEDIA CENTER 8.1 takes full advantage of computer hardware to provide superior video display and advanced capture functions to produce high quality recordings.” Bergman added: “We’re delivering the most feature rich, integrated multimedia suite of applications by providing a consistent look and feel across many player devices designed for ease of use and entertainment enjoyment.” In addition to the new capabilities for the RADEON-based desktop graphics products, CATALYST 3.2 with MULTIMEDIA CENTER 8.1 delivers advanced features to the many ALL-IN-WONDER® users -- from the current best-selling ALL-IN-WONDER® 9700 PRO to the long-standing ALL-IN-WONDER® RADEON™. These capabilities include MULTVIEW™ for dual TV tuner input that provides Picture-in-Picture support, closed caption database search, VIDEOSOAP™ filtering for personal video recording captures and frame reconstruction, as well as new file management options in Multimedia Library. ATI’s newest unified driver release CATALYST 3.2 can be found at http://www.ati.com. Copyright 2003 ATI Technologies Inc. All rights reserved. ATI and ATI product and product feature names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of ATI Technologies Inc. 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, Inc. ATI Technologies Inc. is a 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 (VPU) provider and is dedicated to deliver 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 markets. With 2002 revenues in excess of US $1 billion, ATI has more than 1,900 employees in the Americas, Europe and Asia. ATI common shares trade on NASDAQ (ATYT) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (ATY). Contact Information For media or industry analyst support, visit our Web site at http://www.ati.com For Information: John Swinimer, Public Relations Manager, Consumer Products, at (905) 882-2600, Ext. 8456 or [email protected] Other ATI Contacts: Pedro Cabezuelo, Senior Consultant, BenchMark Porter Novelli, at (416) 422-7164 or [email protected] For investor relations support, please contact: Janet Craig, Director, Investor Relations, ATI Technologies Inc., at (905) 882-2600, Ext. 2631 or [email protected]
