ATI Technologies Inc ha annunciato la realizzazione della nuova linea FireGL V73xxx di schede grafiche concepite per l'utilizzo nelle workstation professionali: il top di gamma è rappresentato dalla FireGL V7350 che integra 1Gb di memoria locale e, al pari del modello FireGL V7300 che è dotato di "soli" 512Mb di ram, è prodotto con tecnologia a 90nm e prevede un bus a 512 per l'interconnessione di gpu e memoria. I prezzi di riferimento sono pari rispettivamente a $2000 e $1600.
MARKHAM, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 20, 2006-- ATI Technologies Inc. (TSX:ATY)(NASDAQ:ATYT) today announced the
industry's first one gigabyte (1GB) workstation graphics accelerator,
the ATI FireGL V7350, and also a 512 megabyte configuration, the
FireGL V7300. Featuring an extremely powerful ultra-threaded
parallel processing GPU, and ATI's industry leading Avivo video
and display technology, these new ultra high-end graphics cards
further extend ATI's workstation graphics line, delivering better
performance, more advanced features and higher image quality.
ATI's Avivo video and display platform brings an increased level
of visual fidelity to the professional graphics market with features
such as automatic gain control, gamma correction and increased color
bit depth. With a 10-bit per RGB component graphics pipeline, instead
of the standard 8-bit, the FireGL's color palette increases to over a
billion colors. The result is a finer level of detail throughout the
visible spectrum, enhancing details in shadows and making highlights
come to life. In addition, high-end displays supporting 16-bit per RGB
color component can be fully utilized by the FireGL V7350 and FireGL
V7300. Two dual-link connectors also give end users the ability to
drive multiple ultra-high resolution displays, yielding a massive
desktop display over 5,000 pixels wide.
Based on a cutting-edge 90 nanometer process technology and a
512-bit ring bus memory architecture, the FireGL V7350 and FireGL
V7300 are able to take advantage of higher speed memories and support
1GB and 512MB frame buffers respectively. The high clock rates of
these new graphics cards, combined with full 128-bit precision and
extremely high levels of parallel processing, result in floating point
processing power that exceeds a 3GHz Pentium processor by a staggering
seven times.
"ATI's new ultra high-end workstation graphics accelerators
leverage our best technology while focusing on the unique features of
the workstation market. ATI has coupled increased visual fidelity with
the power to drive extremely large data sets with the release of the
workstation industry's first 1GB board," said Dinesh Sharma, Director,
Workstation Products, ATI. "Just as we have captured leadership market
share in the entry-level segment by targeted the specific needs of
those customers, ATI has designed its ultra-high end boards to set the
standard for the high-end of the market."
"ATI has made tremendous strides in their market position over the
last year and they've done that by zeroing in on features and pricing
that resonate with professional users," said Dr. Jon Peddie, President
of Jon Peddie Research, the leading workstation market research firm,
located in Tiburon, CA. "This latest foray into the ultra high-end
segment market gives ATI a complete top to bottom offering and will
solidify their position as a leader in workstation graphics."
"At Autodesk, we're continually striving to meet the needs of our
customers, who are being challenged to handle increasingly large and
complex scenes. Alongside the tools and architecture that we provide
in Autodesk Maya software, our users require graphics hardware that
can give them the power to drive these sophisticated and intricate
data sets that are becoming the staples of their day-to-day work. The
FireGL V7350 has all that and more," said Jill Ramsay, Senior Product
Manager for Autodesk Maya Software. "With support of the 64-bit OS and
now its new Avivo technology, ATI is an important partner that
understands the direction that we want to take the industry in and is
delivering the kind of experience professional users demand."
"The FireGL V7300 and FireGL V7350 are a perfect fit with
Alienware - our customers expect the latest and greatest in cutting
technology when they purchase one of our systems," said Patrick
Cooper, Director of Product Management of Worldwide Product Group for
Alienware. "But it isn't just the incredible 1GB frame buffer that
caught our attention; it is the multitude of features that allow us to
addresses the needs of everyone from the CAD to the DCC customer, that
make this a robust solution that checks off everything on our wish
list."
"Stability, reliability, performance and visual quality is why we
have gone with ATI's FireGL graphics accelerators in the past for our
workstations - the new FireGL V7350 and FireGL V7300 have maintained
this solid tradition but taken each one of these features to a new
level," said Tim Lawrence, Vice President of Engineering, Boxx.
"Customers will be able to purchase Boxx systems with FireGL graphics
because of the impressive performance that 1GB of memory will give
them at no sacrifice to image quality."
ATI's FireGL products are supported by a unified driver, which is
tested and certified by professional 3D ISV partners, making system
administration and upgrades cost effective and simple. All FireGL
products come with a three year warranty and direct access to a
dedicated workstation technical support team.
The FireGL V7350 and FireGL V7300 are shipping today from
Workstation System Integrators - Alienware, Amax, Boxx, Colfax,
Monarch Computer Systems, Omnitech, Polywell, Safe Harbor, Systemax,
Polywell, Velocity Micro, Xi Computer and 3dshop.com - from
distributors - Althon Micro, Armari, Cad2, D&H, Exxact, Ingram Micro,
JB&A, Leading Technology, Noesse Daten Technik GmbH, Synnex, Tech Data
and Xworks Interactive - and Value Added Resellers at $1,999 USD MSRP
and $1,599 USD MSRP respectively.
Source: ATI Press Release
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