In 1985, four Chinese immigrants named Pak Hun Lau, Benny Lau, Lee Tia Lau and Kwok Yuen Ho combined formed a organisation to provide the world with technologies (mainly graphics related equipments) required for the PC’s which was named as Array Technologies Incorporated (ATI). They produced Graphics Processing Units, Motherboard chipset and Video display card (for IBM). Initially they marketed the 2D graphics chips to companies like Commodore. Till early 90s, they manufactured various 2D GUI accelerator cards that primarily targeted the Microsoft platforms. Later from May of 1991, they came in market with other chipsets like Mach8 (ATI’s first Windows accelerator product), Mach32 and Mach64.The EGA wonder and VGA wonder of 1987 released to PC market had also surpassed the IBM’s EGA and VGA.
With the Technological sophistication, the most wanted 3D acceleration hit the market in the middle 90s. The ATI developed 3D rage which is based heavily upon the Mach 64 but with limited 3D acceleration. In 1996, they came up with All-in-Wonder product series which is their 2nd generation 3D Rage Ii which featured 3D acceleration. Enhancing its product, it established in the generation of 3D graphics by commercializing Radeon Line of Graphics products which supported DirectX 7 through DirectX 10. Moreover GPU’s, the ATI also designs embedded versions for laptops (called “Mobility Radeon”), PDA’s and Mobile phones(”Imageon”), integrated motherboards (”Radeon IGP”), Set top boxes (”Xilleon”) and other technology-based market segments.
In 2006, the ATI was combined with another company AMD which was later combinely named Graphics Products Group. ATI manufactured graphics chipsets till July of 2006.
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