ATI Technologies

ATI Technologies Inc.

AMD Markham, the former ATI headquarters
Formerly	Array Technology Inc. (August 1985-September 1985) Array Technologies Inc. (September 1985-December 1985)
Company type	Public
Traded as	TSX: ATY
Industry	Semiconductors
Founded	August 1985; 38 years ago (1985-08)
Founder	K.Y. Ho Benny Lau Lee Ka Lau Benny Lau
Defunct	October 25, 2006 (2006-10-25)
Fate	Acquired by AMD in 2006 and branding phased out in 2010
Successor	Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Headquarters	Markham, Ontario, Canada
Key people	K.Y. Ho (former CEO) Lee Ka Lau (former president) Francis Lau
Products	Graphics processing units Chipsets Video capture cards
Revenue	$2.222 Billion USD (2005)
Net income	$16.93 Million USD (2005)
Number of employees	2,700 (2004)
Parent	AMD
Website	www.ati.com (Archived Oct 08, 2006)

ATI Technologies Inc., commonly called ATI, was a Canadian semiconductor technology corporation based in Markham, Ontario, that specialized in the development of graphics processing units and chipsets. Founded in 1985, the company listed publicly in 1993 and was acquired by AMD in 2006. As a major fabrication-less or fabless semiconductor company, ATI conducted research and development in-house and outsourced the manufacturing and assembly of its products. With the decline and eventual bankruptcy of 3dfx in 2000, ATI and its chief rival Nvidia emerged as the two dominant players in the graphics processors industry, eventually forcing other manufacturers into niche roles.

The acquisition of ATI in 2006 was important to AMD's strategic development of its Fusion generation of computer processors, which integrated general processing abilities with graphics processing functions within a chip. Since 2010, AMD's graphics processor products have ceased using the ATI brand name.^[1]