ATI to Power Two New ‘Windows Vista Ready’ ThinkPad Notebooks; New ThinkPad Z60m and R51E Notebooks Launch with ATI’s Mobility Radeon X600 Graphics and Radeon Xpress 200 Chipset

ATI to Power Two New ‘Windows Vista Ready’ ThinkPad Notebooks; New ThinkPad Z60m and R51E Notebooks Launch with ATI’s Mobility Radeon X600 Graphics and Radeon Xpress 200 Chipset

ATI Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:ATYT)(TSX:ATY) today announced its Mobility Radeon® X600 graphics and Radeon® Xpress 200M chipset are available in two new ThinkPadâ„¢ models from Lenovo-the Z60m widescreen Leadership Model and the R51E mainstream performance notebook. ATI’s current top-to-bottom line of graphics processors support Microsoft’s next generation Windows Vistaâ„¢ operating system (OS).

“High performance, long battery life, affordability and investment protection, are critical selection factors for notebook PCs,” said Phil Eisler, Vice President and General Manager of ATI’s Integrated and Mobile Business Unit. “The latter-investment protection-has never been more critical as we sit on the cusp of Microsoft’s next-generation Vista OS. Anyone purchasing a notebook today should examine its capability to support the applications and operating systems of tomorrow.”

ATI’s Mobility Radeon X600 chipset in the ThinkPad Z60m Leadership Model delivers desktop-rivaling performance and a cutting-edge, multi-media solution designed to handle the most graphically-intense applications well into the future. The ThinkPad Z60m Leadership Model, based on ATI’s Mobility Radeon X600 chipset, has a 15.4-inch widescreen display and an array of ports for digital storage and peripheral connectivity, offering an excellent solution for productivity and mobility.

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