ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 - World’s First Mobile GPU with Avivo Visual Display Technology

Press Release - ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 Delivers Ultimate Visual Experience with Avivo — Mobility Radeon X1600: World’s First Mobile GPU with Avivo Visual Display Technology

ATI Technologies Inc. today set a new visual standard in the performance thin notebook market, with the introduction of Mobility Radeon X1600. The first mobile discrete graphics processor featuring ATI’s revolutionary Avivo technology, Mobility Radeon X1600 delivers the ultimate digital entertainment solution for performance thin notebook designs through lightning-fast graphics, superior power management, and stunning visuals. Avivo technology brings one billion colors to the laptop to create highly vivid images and advanced photorealism.

With Microsoft’s Shader Model 3.0 and full-precision DirectX 9 support, ATI delivers cutting-edge graphics performance on today’s latest game titles. Mobility Radeon X1600 also introduces PowerPlay® 6.0 featuring back bias technology designed to minimize power while in battery mode. These revolutionary power management capabilities, combined with the TSMC’s Nexsys 90nm fabrication process, result in ground breaking performance-per-watt efficiency and make Mobility Radeon X1600 the ideal graphics solution for performance-thin notebook designs.

“Today’s notebook designs continue to push the envelope in their demand for higher performance using less power. Mobile graphics produced with TSMC’s 90nm process show an enormous improvement in clock speed and power reduction versus earlier generation technologies,” said Kenneth Kin, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Service for TSMC. “As one of the leading users of 90nm process technology in the industry, ATI continues to maintain its position at the technological forefront.”

ATI is also leading the pack with its support of Microsoft’s next-generation operating system, Windows Vista, including Windows Vista Display Driver (WVDM) support for ATI’s top-to-bottom line of DirectX 9 graphics processors.