MARKHAM, Ontario, Dec 21, 2005 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- ATI Technologies Inc. (TSX:ATY)(NASDAQ:ATYT) announced today that
its Digital Television Business Unit has shipped more than 10 million
chips destined for HD IDTVs (High Definition Integrated Digital
Televisions). In calendar 2005 ATI expects to grow IDTV unit
shipments of its Theater and NXTWave demodulators and
Xilleon MPEG decoders and display processors by approximately 75
percent over 2004. This year over year growth confirms ATI's position
as the leading technology provider for HD IDTVs.
ATI's NXT, Theater and Xilleon lines of chips are offered today
in a wide variety of consumer electronics devices, including HD TVs
and set-top boxes from the following manufacturers:
ALPS Kreatel Sony
Changhong Mitsubishi TiVo
Coship Matsushita (Panasonic) Toshiba
Funai (Sylvania) Philips Thomson
Hisense Scientific-Atlanta TTE (RCA)
Hitachi Samsung USDTV
JVC Sharp Xoceco (PRIMA)
"Once again 2005 was a year in which ATI lead the industry in
shipments of components for IDTVs," said Daniel Eiref, director of
marketing for DTV products, ATI Technologies Inc. "However, more
importantly 2005 was a year in which we responded to our customers'
requests for the best in analog and digital reception, exceptional
image processing technology, and the most versatile and robust
software stacks. With ATI's introduction of products like Xilleon
240, Theater 314, and CARD we believe our customers are in a
position to have a banner 2006."
ATI offers consumer electronics manufacturers a wide variety of
components and software. Products include:
- Xilleon 240 - the industry's most highly-integrated
TV-on-Chip with VSB, NTSC, MPEG decoder and display processing,
- Xilleon 226 - dual high-definition MPEG decoder with
integrated display processor,
- Theater 311, Theater 312 and Theater 314 - a family
of products that deliver outstanding high-definition TV signal
reception,
- Theater 350 - DOCSIS 2.0 modem for OCAP TVs,
- NXT2003/NXT2004/NXT2005 - cost-effective
VSB/QAM/OpenCable reception,
- CARD - a complete hardware/software solution for manufacturers
building ATSC and OpenCable TVs.
ATI will be exhibiting its DTV solutions at International CES
2005 at booth 30779 at the South Hall, Upper Level, Las Vegas
Convention Center, January 5 to 8, 2006.
News Source: ATI Press Release
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