Novità estive da Ati

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In attesa di vedere all'opera le prime schede video con il chip R520 di fascia alta, Ati introduce delle importanti novità.<br>
Partiamo dalla scheda video X800GT: 8 pipeline, 6 motori di vertex shading, bus di memoria a 256bit, frequenze 475/980Mhz e in diretta concorrenza con la GeForce6600GT di nVidia che viene venduta ad un prezzo maggiore.<br>Ecco la versione di PowerColor:<p><center><img src="http://www.amdplanet.it/art_img/nico2005/x800gt_3d.jpg"></center><p>
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In seguito 2 comunicati stampa relativi allo Xilleon 240 (chip integrato per la TV digitale) e alla Radeon 9600 per Mac e PC.<p>
<blockquote><i>MARKHAM, Ontario/ Munich, Germany – August 17, 2005 – ATI Technologies Inc. (TSX: ATY, NASDAQ: ATYT) today announced the Xilleon™ 240, a highly-integrated TV-on-Chip™ designed to enable cost-effective digital television (DTV) sets for the North American and Korean markets. Xilleon 240 delivers both industry leading digital signal reception and high-quality image processing display functionality required for a complete DTV solution. <p>

The new chip from ATI’s Digital TV Group is the first to integrate all the major components necessary for manufacturers to build digital integrated televisions at lower costs and in advance of the fast approaching DTV requirements. The United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requires that 50 per cent of all 25-inch to 36-inch TVs include digital tuners by July 1, 2005 and 100 per cent of this same segment by March 1, 2006.<p>

“TV manufacturers have an urgent need for solutions that enable them to cost-effectively add DTV reception to their products,â€