Post by: Justin Nation on March 04, 2003, 03:20:27 AM
MARKHAM, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 2003 -- ATI Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATYT)(TSX:ATY.TO), a world leader in the design and manufacture of innovative 3D graphics and digital media silicon solutions, announced today that it has entered into a technology development agreement with Nintendo Co., Ltd. Under the agreement, ATI and Nintendo are developing technologies for use in Nintendo products. No other details regarding the nature of this agreement are being made available at this time.
"ATI has had an excellent relationship with Nintendo for many years," said David Orton, President and Chief Operating Officer, ATI Technologies Inc. "We are pleased to enter into this major technology development agreement with Nintendo."
Post by: Justin Nation on March 04, 2003, 03:31:27 AM
The only other odd comment on this is that in the PC market you have ATI vs. nVidia which maps to Nintendo's partner vs. Microsoft's partner. Not to say Sony won't be a great success moving forward but with ATI and nVidia so rabidly competing with each other you'd think Sony could miss out without backing from another company who has interests beyond just an impressive console showing.
Post by: baerwb on March 04, 2003, 07:01:19 AM
Post by: Grey Ninja on March 04, 2003, 07:07:41 AM
ArtX did a fantastic job on the GameCube, and I am looking forward to more work like it in the future.
Post by: BlkPaladin on March 04, 2003, 08:14:44 AM
Another thing is that it is state in the plural which leads to the asumpsion that it will be both. (Or its a long term agreement spaning multiple consoles.)
Post by: Fammy2000 on March 04, 2003, 08:34:43 AM
We all should take the time to enjoy business for what it really is. Funny.
Post by: manunited4eva22 on March 04, 2003, 10:05:41 AM
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Post by: HappyMaskSalesman on March 04, 2003, 01:59:18 PM
Hooray for ATI. I personally like all their products, since they're not only easier to afford, but they don't shirk away from quality. Good stuff. I say, if they pull off a stunt just as impressive as the Gamecube, then by all means bring on "GC2"! Hopefully. Of course, instead of making the GC successor, Nintendo might be making a "GC upgrade" of sorts, somewhat like the DD64. Pretty unlikely, but it might happen
Post by: Djunknown on March 04, 2003, 02:07:55 PM
Looks almost like a tag team match
So far the news have scratched the surface what fellow competitor Sony is doing; some sort of Cell Chip technology so powerful, that it is the equivalent of 10 PS2's. I'll believe that when I see it. (E3 perhaps?)
" hope at the very least that Nintendo uses ATI to make the "GameSphere" backwards compatiable with the GameCube."
Word. Microsoft and Nintendo could take a page out of Sony's Playbook and make their next consoles have the ability to play the games we have now. Less hardware to lug around.
But as always (even though its cliche) if it don't make dollars it don't make cents....(pun intended)
Post by: MikeHrusecky on March 04, 2003, 02:34:58 PM
Could a press release be more vague?
Post by: Perfect Cell on March 04, 2003, 04:34:07 PM
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Post by: ArtVandelay on March 04, 2003, 05:44:32 PM
Post by: Perfect Cell on March 04, 2003, 06:28:33 PM
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On the subject of future game consoles, Huang hinted that Nvidia might not be involved with Microsoft's successor to the Xbox, due to the considerable engineering difficulties that the company would encounter
Added to the fact that ATI is rumored to be talking with M$ means ATI might make Chips for both Xbox 2 and GCN 2, while certainly interesting. (The posibility of equal consoles would mean Nintendo would have an advantage in the Games department) Its also troubling.
Post by: Gamefreak on March 05, 2003, 09:22:57 AM
