Editing ATI Technologies (section)

==Products==
[[File:Ruby (virtual character by ATI).jpg|right|thumb|ATI's fictional character & mascot Ruby]]

In addition to developing high-end [[graphics processing unit|GPU]]s (originally called a VPU, visual processing unit, by ATI) for PCs and Apple Macs, ATI also designed embedded versions for laptops (Mobility Radeon), [[Personal Digital Assistant|PDA]]s and mobile phones ([[Imageon]]), integrated motherboards (Radeon IGP), and others.

"Ruby", a fictional female character described as a "mercenary for hire", was created by ATI to promote some of its products.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ati.de/ruby/index.html |title=Ruby's Headquarters at |publisher=Ati.de |date=January 15, 2011 |access-date=February 19, 2011}}</ref> Computer-animated videos produced by RhinoFX about Ruby on a mission (being a sniper, saboteur, hacker and so on) appeared at large technology shows such as ''CeBIT'' and ''[[Consumer Electronics Show|CES]]''.

===Computer graphics chipsets===
* '''[[ATI Wonder series|Graphics Solution / "Small Wonder"]]''' – Series of 8-bit [[Industry Standard Architecture|ISA]] cards with [[Monochrome Display Adapter|MDA]], [[Hercules Graphics Card|Hercules]], [[Color Graphics Adapter|CGA]] and [[Plantronics Colorplus|Plantronics Color+]] compatibility using the United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) [[Motorola 6845|UM6845E CRT controller]]. Later versions added [[Enhanced Graphics Adapter|EGA]] support.
* '''[[ATI Wonder series|EGA / VGA Wonder]]''' – [[IBM]] "[[Enhanced Graphics Adapter|EGA]]/[[Video Graphics Array|VGA]]-compatible" display adapters (1987)
* '''[[ATI Mach|Mach]] Series''' – Introduced ATI's first [[2D computer graphics|2D]] [[graphical user interface|GUI]] "Windows Accelerator". As the series evolved, GUI acceleration improved dramatically and early video acceleration appeared.
* '''[[ATI Rage|Rage]] Series''' – ATI's first 2D and [[3D accelerator]] chips. The series evolved from rudimentary 3D with 2D GUI acceleration and [[MPEG-1]] capability, to a highly competitive [[Direct3D]] 6 accelerator with then "best-in-class" DVD ([[MPEG2]]) acceleration. The various chips were very popular with [[Original equipment manufacturer|OEM]]s of the time. The Rage II was used in the first ATI [[All-In-Wonder]] multi-function video card, and more advanced All-In-Wonders based on Rage series GPUs followed. (1995–2004)
** '''[[ATI Rage#Mobility|Rage Mobility]]''' – Designed for use in low-power environments, such as notebooks. These chips were functionally similar to their desktop counterparts but had additions such as advanced [[power management]], [[Liquid crystal display|LCD]] interfaces, and [[Multi monitor|dual monitor]] functionality.
* '''[[Radeon]] Series''' – ATI launched the Radeon line in 2000, as their consumer 3D accelerator add-in cards, its flagship product line and the direct competitor to Nvidia's [[GeForce]]. The original ''Radeon DDR'' was ATI's first DirectX 7 3D accelerator, introducing their first hardware [[transform and lighting|T&L]] engine. ATI often produced 'Pro' versions with higher clock speeds, and sometimes an extreme 'XT' version, and even more recently 'XT Platinum Edition (PE)' and 'XTX' versions. The Radeon series was the basis for many ATI All-In-Wonder boards.
** '''[[Radeon|Mobility Radeon]]''' – A series of power-optimized versions of Radeon graphics chips for use in laptops. They introduced innovations such as modularized RAM chips, DVD (MPEG2) acceleration, notebook GPU card sockets, and "[[ATI PowerPlay|PowerPlay]]" power management technology. AMD recently announced DirectX 11-compatible versions of its mobile processors.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.techworld.com/mobile-wireless/3209713/amd-launches-directx-11-graphics-chips-for-laptops/ |title=AMD launches DirectX 11 graphics chips for laptops |date=January 8, 2010 |publisher=techworld.com |access-date=January 8, 2010 |archive-date=August 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820020107/http://news.techworld.com/mobile-wireless/3209713/amd-launches-directx-11-graphics-chips-for-laptops/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>
** '''[[ATI CrossFire]]''' – This technology was ATI's response to [[NVIDIA]]'s [[Scalable Link Interface|SLI]] platform. It allowed, by using a secondary video card and a dual PCI-E motherboard based on an ATI Crossfire compatible chipset, the ability to combine the power of the two, three or four video cards to increase performance through a variety of different rendering options. There is an option for additional PCI-E video card plugging into the third PCI-E slot for gaming physics, or another option to do physics on the second video card.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=5634 |title=DailyTech report |publisher=Dailytech.com |access-date=February 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810024126/http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=5634 |archive-date=August 10, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* '''[[FireGL]]/FirePro''' – Launched in 2001, following ATI's acquisition of FireGL Graphics from [[Diamond Multimedia]]. Workstation CAD/CAM video card, based on the Radeon series.
* '''[[FireMV]]''' – For workstations, featuring "multi-view", for multiple displays with 2D acceleration only, usually based on low-end products of the Radeon series (now integrated into FirePro series).

Although AMD strongly considered making the functional part of the ATI drivers "open source",<ref>{{cite web |last=Yager |first=Tom |url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/08/02/32OPcurve_1.html |title='AMD talks about ATI' at |publisher=Infoworld.com |date=August 2, 2006 |access-date=February 19, 2011}}</ref> before the merger with AMD, ATI had no plans to release their graphics drivers as free software:
{{Blockquote|Proprietary, patented optimizations are part of the value we provide to our customers and we have no plans to release these drivers to open source. In addition, multimedia elements such as content protection must not, by their very nature, be allowed to go open source.|[http://news.cnet.com/2061-10791_3-6104655.html ATI statement, August 2006]}}

===Personal computer platforms and chipsets===
{{See also|Comparison of ATI chipsets}}

* '''[[Radeon R100|IGP 3x0]], [[Radeon R100|Mobility Radeon 7000 IGP]]''' – ATI's first chipsets. Included a DirectX 7-level 3D graphics processor.
* '''[[Radeon R200|9100 IGP]]''' – 2nd generation system chipset. IXP250 southbridge. It was notable for being ATI's first complete motherboard chipset, including an ATI-built southbridge. It included an updated DirectX 8.1 class graphics processor<ref>Gavrichenkov, Ilya. [http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/chipsets/display/ati-igp9100.html ATI RADEON 9100 IGP Integrated Chipset Review] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303203837/http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/chipsets/display/ati-igp9100.html |date=March 3, 2016 }}, X-bit Labs, December 1, 2003.</ref>
* '''[[Xpress 200|Xpress 200/200P]]''' – [[PCI Express]]-based [[Athlon 64]] and [[Pentium 4]] chipset. Supports [[SATA]] as well as integrated graphics with [[DirectX]] 9.0 support, the first integrated graphics chipset to do so<ref>Wasson, Scott. [http://techreport.com/reviews/2004q4/radeon-xpress200/index.x?pg=1 ATI's Radeon Xpress 200 chipset] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070510231758/http://techreport.com/reviews/2004q4/radeon-xpress200/index.x?pg=1 |date=May 10, 2007 }}, Tech Report, November 8, 2004.</ref>
* '''[[Xpress 3200]]''' – similar to ''[[Xpress 200]]'', but designed for optimal [[ATI CrossFire|CrossFire]] performance.

In addition to the above chipset, ATI struck a deal in 2005, with [[CPU]] and [[motherboard]] manufacturers, particularly [[Asus]] and [[Intel]], to create onboard 3D Graphics solutions for [[Intel]]'s range of motherboards released with their range of [[Intel]] [[Pentium M]]-based desktop processors, the [[Intel Core]] and [[Intel Core 2]] processors, the D101GGC and D101GGC2 chipset (codenamed "''Grand County''"<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070116213811/http://cache-www.intel.com/cd/00/00/32/94/329441_329441.pdf Intel Boxed Desktop Board Quick Guide (December 2006)]</ref>) based on the [[Xpress 200|Radeon Xpress 200]] chipset. However, high-end boards with integrated graphics processor (IGP) still used [[Intel GMA]] [[graphics processing unit|integrated graphics processor]]s. The deal with Intel ended with the purchase of ATI by AMD in 2006, with Intel announcing [[Silicon Integrated Systems|SiS]] IGP chipset (D201GLY chipset, codenamed "''Little Valley''") for entry-level desktop platform, replacing the "''Grand County''" series chipsets.

===Multimedia and digital TV products===
* '''[[All-in-Wonder]]''' series – A series of multimedia graphics cards which incorporating TV tuner and [[Radeon]] family [[video card|graphics card]]s onto one add-in card,<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2024-03-12 |date=2003-08-05 |title=ATI Revolutionizes the Multimedia PC Experience with ALL-IN-WONDER 9600 PRO |publisher=hartware.de |url=https://www.hartware.de/2003/08/05/ati-revolutionizes-the-multimedia-pc-experience-with-all-in-wonder-9600-pro/}}</ref> which, after being seemingly discontinued was relaunched as All-in-Wonder HD on June 26, 2008.
* TV tuners
** '''TV Wonder''' and '''HDTV Wonder''' – a chipset family providing TV reception of various analogue TV and digital TV signals ([[PAL]], [[NTSC]], [[ATSC]], [[DVB-T]] and so on) with first generation [[AVIVO]] technology, also supporting [[CableCARD]], and [[QAM tuner|Clear QAM]] technologies.
** '''Theater''' – a family of [[QAM]] and [[Single-sideband modulation|VSB]] demodulators for the Digital Cable ready and [[ATSC Standards|ATSC]] environments.
* '''Remote Wonder''', wireless remote control series for ATI multimedia products. Operates using radio frequency, away from mainstream implementations using [[Infrared communication|infrared]].

===Console graphics products===
* '''[[GameCube technical specifications|Flipper]]''' – The [[GameCube]] (codenamed "dolphin" during production) contains a 3D accelerator developed by ''ArtX, Inc'', a company acquired by ATI during the development of the GPU.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2024-03-12 |date=2001-12-07 |title=Hardware Behind the Consoles - Part II: Nintendo's GameCube Page 3 |publisher=anandtech.com |url=https://www.anandtech.com/show/858/3}}</ref> Flipper was similar in capability to a [[Direct3D]] 7 accelerator chip. It consisted of four rendering pipelines, with hardware [[transform and lighting|T&L]], and some limited pixel [[shader]] support. Innovatively the chip has 3&nbsp;[[megabyte|MB]] of embedded [[1T-SRAM]] for use as ultra-fast low-latency (6.2&nbsp;[[nanosecond|ns]]) texture and [[framebuffer]]/[[Z-buffer]] storage allowing 10.4 [[gigabytes|GB]]/second bandwidth (extremely fast for the time).<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2024-03-12 |date=2001-12-07 |title=Hardware Behind the Consoles - Part II: Nintendo's GameCube Page 5 |publisher=anandtech.com |url=https://www.anandtech.com/show/858/5}}</ref> Flipper was designed by members of the [[Nintendo 64]] Reality Coprocessor team who moved from SGI. The Flipper team went on to have a major hand in the development of the [[Radeon 9700]].
* '''[[Xenos (graphics chip)|Xenos]]''' – [[Microsoft]]'s [[Xbox 360]] video game console contains a custom graphics chip produced by ATI, known as "R400", "C1", internally as "Crayola",<ref>{{cite web |title=Ex. 2050 - R400 Document Library FH - folder_history (PROTECTIVE ORDER) — IPR2015-00325 - LG Electronics, Inc. v. ATI Technologies ULC |url=https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/ptab/case/IPR2015-00325 |website=Unified Patents |access-date=10 December 2021 |date=9 September 2015}}</ref> or more often as ''Xenos''. Some of these features include the embedded DRAM ([[eDRAM]]). The Xenos also features the “True Unified Shader Architecture” which dynamically loads and balances pixel and vertex processing amongst a bank of identically capable processing units.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2024-03-12 |date=2005-06-24 |title=Microsoft's Xbox 360, Sony's PS3 - A Hardware Discussion |publisher=anandtech.com |url=https://www.anandtech.com/show/1719/7}}</ref> This differs greatly from PC graphics chips of previous generations that have separate banks of processors designed for their individual task (vertex/fragment). Another feature presented in Xenos is the hardware [[tessellation#Tessellations and computer graphics|surface tessellation]] to divide a surface into smaller triangles,<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2024-03-12 |date=2022-01-26 |title=ATI's Radeon 8500: First GPU With Hardware Tessellation |publisher=electronicdesign.com |url=https://www.electronicdesign.com/technologies/embedded/article/21213985/jon-peddie-research-atis-radeon-8500-first-gpu-with-hardware-tessellation}}</ref> similar to [[TruForm]] in terms of functionality, which is an advanced feature as it is not presented even in the [[Direct3D#Direct3D 10|DirectX 10]] specification. The recent generation [[Radeon R600]] GPU core inherited most of the features presented in Xenos, except [[eDRAM]].
* '''[[Hollywood (graphics chip)|Hollywood]]''' – Successor to Flipper. Part of [[Nintendo]]'s gaming console, [[Wii]].<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2024-03-12 |date=2009-03-11 |title=AMD Ships 50 Millionth 'Hollywood' GPU In Wii |publisher=hothardware.com |url=https://hothardware.com/news/amd-ships-50-millionth-hollywood-gpu-in-wii}}</ref>

===Handheld chipsets===
* '''[[Imageon]]''' – [[System-on-a-chip]] (SoC) design introduced in 2002, to bring integrated [[2D computer graphics|2D]] and [[3D computer graphics|3D]] graphics to handhelds devices, mobile phones and [[Tablet computer|Tablet PC]]s. The Imageon 2298 included DVD quality recording and playback, TV output, and supported up to a 12-[[megapixel]] camera, with another line of Imageon products, the 2300 series supporting [[OpenGL]] ES 1.1+ extensions. The Imageon line was rebranded under AMD as [[Adreno]], and sold to [[Qualcomm]] in 2009.
* '''[[Imageon|Imageon TV]]''' – Announced in February 2006, allowing handhelds devices to receive digital broadcast TV ([[DVB-H]]) signals and enables watching TV programs on these devices, the chipset includes tuner, demodulator, decoder, and a full software stack, operates alongside the [[Imageon]] chip.

Besides full products, ATI also supplied 3D and 2D graphics components to other vendors, specifically the [[Qualcomm]]<ref>[http://brew.qualcomm.com/bnry_brew/pdf/brew_2007/Tech-303_Ligon.pdf page 10 and 15]. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926060251/http://brew.qualcomm.com/bnry_brew/pdf/brew_2007/Tech-303_Ligon.pdf|date=September 26, 2007}}.</ref> [[MSM7000]] series SoC chips of handheld and upcoming [[Freescale]] i. MX processors<ref>[http://www.dailytech.com/Freescale+Licenses+AMD+Technologies/article8909.htm DailyTech report]. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819220324/http://www.dailytech.com/Freescale%2BLicenses%2BAMD%2BTechnologies/article8909.htm|date=August 19, 2016}}. Retrieved September 17, 2007.</ref> ATI claimed in May 2006, that it had sold over 100 million<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=31938 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814093327/http://theinquirer.net/?article=31938 |url-status=unfit |archive-date=August 14, 2007 |title=The Inquirer report |publisher=Theinquirer.net |access-date=February 19, 2011}}</ref> 'cell phone media co-processors', significantly more than ATI's rival NVIDIA, and announced in February 2007, that the firm had shipped a total of 200 million of Imageon products since 2003.<ref>[https://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/VirtualPressRoom/0,,51_104_543~115795,00.html AMD press release]. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090315093128/http://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/VirtualPressRoom/0%2C%2C51_104_543~115795%2C00.html|date=March 15, 2009}}. Retrieved July 27, 2007.</ref>

After the AMD acquisition, the Imageon and Xilleon were sold off to Qualcomm and [[Broadcom]], respectively.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2024-03-12 |date=2011-10-18 |title=NVIDIA and Qualcomm ARM Up Against Competitors |publisher=bdti.com |url=https://www.bdti.com/InsideDSP/2011/10/20/NvidiaQualcomm}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=2024-03-12 |date=2011-01-10 |title=Coup at AMD: Why was Dirk Meyer Pushed Out? |publisher=brightsideofnews.com |url=https://brightsideofnews.com/blog/coup-at-amd-why-was-dirk-meyer-pushed-out/}}</ref>

===High-performance computing===
* ATI Firestream, using the [[stream processing]] concept, together with [[Close to Metal]] (CTM) hardware interface. After the AMD acquisition, it was succeeded by [[AMD FireStream]] in 2006, rebranded as AMD Stream Processor until 2012.<ref name="=AMD Delivers First Stream Processor">{{cite news |url=https://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/VirtualPressRoom/0,,51_104_543~121775,00.html |publisher=AMD |title=AMD Delivers First Stream Processor with Double Precision Floating Point Technology |date=8 November 2007 |access-date=12 February 2015}}</ref><ref name="R.I.P: FireStream (2006 - 2012)">{{cite news |url=http://www.anandtech.com/show/6137/the-amd-firepro-w9000-w8000-review-part-1/7 |publisher=AnandTech |title=R.I.P: FireStream (2006 - 2012) |date=14 August 2012 |access-date=12 February 2015}}</ref>