he tight supply of ATI Technologies’ graphics chipsets, particularly the Radeon 9600XT line, will ease by the end of March, company chairman and CEO Ho Kwok-yuen said in Taipei late last week.
Ho also confirmed that ATI will start delivering chipsets supporting PCI express technology in the second quarter.
Many of ATI’s OEM clients of motherboards and graphics cards have already verified the company’s PCI express-based chipsets and have decided to use the products, Ho said.
The proportions of PCI express and AGP 8x chips to ATI’s total shipments of graphics chips will be at comparable levels by the end of this year, said the executive.
Despite a global slowdown in notebook sales in the first quarter, Ho said that ATI did not adjust its chipset production for the second quarter since the company believes the current slump in the notebook market is a short-term phenomenon, Ho said.
Global notebook shipments are likely to remain flat in the second quarter but will accelerate in the second half, Ho predicted.
Digitimes
