ATI Boosts Performance and Productivity of Today’s Notebook Computers with New Radeon® Xpressâ„¢ 1100 Series

ATI Boosts Performance and Productivity of Today’s Notebook Computers with New Radeon® Xpressâ„¢ 1100 Series

New chipsets armed to support AMD Turionâ„¢ 64 X2 mobile technology deliver industry-leading battery life, faster graphics, and come ready for the Microsoft Windows Vistaâ„¢ premium experience ATI Technologies Inc. (TSX:ATY)(NASDAQ:ATYT) is squeezing longer life and more performance into today’s notebook computers with the introduction of the new Radeon® Xpressâ„¢ 1100 series of chipsets, supporting AMD’s Turionâ„¢ 64 X2 mobile technology. The Radeon Xpress 1100 series is built to deliver the ultimate mobile computing experience on the AMD platform, including industry-leading battery life, a 33 percent faster graphics core, and support for Microsoft Windows Vista. Whether for work or for play, the Radeon Xpress 1100 series is designed to squeeze the maximum productivity and performance out of today’s notebooks, while still resulting in ever thinner and lighter designs due to its power- and heat-efficient architecture.

The Radeon Xpress 1100 series will be available through leading notebook OEMs, including Fujitsu-Siemens Computers, Gateway, and HP. “As industry leaders, ATI and AMD share a common goal to improve the mobile computing experience by increasing and optimizing performance, while driving thin and light notebook designs. AMD Turion 64 X2 mobile technology has been designed for that purpose, with long battery life and reliability. When combined with ATI’s Radeon Xpress 1100 series of chipsets, the two complementary technologies, designed for power efficiency and performance, deliver a leading-edge mobile computing experience,” said Chris Cloran, vice president, mobile division, AMD.

The Radeon Xpress 1100 series optimizes performance for the mobile world, providing advanced functionality for today’s graphics-intensive business applications, the latest 3D games, and high-quality multimedia and digital entertainment. Features include:
Epic battery life – The Radeon Xpress 1100 series eliminates the need for outlet hounds to hunt down power at airports and cafes, and ensures productive trips for the entire length of long flights, whether it’s from New York to Los Angeles or London to Moscow.

The Radeon Xpress 1100 series includes ATI’s fifth-generation power management technology, Powerplayâ„¢, that automatically adjusts the balance between performance and power consumption based on the workload. Through a combination of hardware and software, Powerplay optimizes the clock speed and voltage of the Radeon graphics core, and the LCD refresh rate to extend battery life. In combination with AMD PowerNow!â„¢ technology, a key feature designed into AMD Turion 64 mobile technology, the Radeon Xpress 1100 series with Powerplay delivers the longest battery life yet in an AMD mobile platform.

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