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To: greg Benfield who wrote (3308)	5/3/1999 1:11:00 PM
From: Stocker	Respond to of 5927

Monday May 3, 12:42 pm Eastern Time Company Press Release ATI Technologies Inc. Wins Patent Suit in ITC Over Cirrus Logic TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 3, 1999--ATI Technologies Inc. (TSE:ATY - news; NASDAQ:ATYT - news) today announced that the Administrative Law Judge for the International Trade Commission (ITC) has issued a decision finding no liability against ATI under the complaint initiated by Cirrus Logic, Inc. The Judge has found the patent asserted by Cirrus Logic to be both invalid and non-infringed by ATI products. ''We are pleased that the judge has confirmed the invalidity and non-infringement of the patent asserted by Cirrus,'' said Sally Daub, General Counsel for ATI. ''ATI has maintained all along that the action was brought without merit.'' On July 1, 1998, Cirrus Logic, Inc. of Fremont, California filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission alleging infringement of a US patent. ATI, the world leader in 3D graphics and multimedia technology, currently has over 300 patents issued and pending approval. These patents demonstrate ATI's technological leadership role in the design, development and manufacture of graphics and multimedia components used in personal computers and consumer electronics appliances such as the set-top box. Corporate Profile ATI Technologies Inc., the world's largest supplier of 3D graphics and multimedia technology, designs, manufactures and markets innovative and award-winning multimedia solutions and graphics components for the personal computer, set-top box and consumer electronics appliance markets. An ISO 9002 company, ATI is the world's leading supplier of video and 2D/3D graphics accelerators to OEM and retail customers. Founded in l985, ATI employs more than 1,600 people at headquarters in Thornhill, Ontario, and in offices in the United States, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Barbados, Malaysia, Japan and Hong Kong. ATI is a public company whose shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange and NASDAQ. For other ATI news releases visit our web site at atitech.com. Copyright (C) ATI Technologies Inc., 1999. All company and/or product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective manufacturers. Features, pricing, availability and specifications are subject to change without notice.