XFX partners AMD

AMD announced that XFX is now an official AMD technology partner, joining the
group of AMD add-in-board (AIB) partners. XFX plans to provide new products
based on the award-winning ATI Radeon HD 4000 series GPUs to consumers,
beginning in early 2009. “In the world of PC gaming, XFX is synonymous with the
extreme performance that enthusiasts crave,” said Rick Bergman, Senior VP and
GM, Graphics Products Group, AMD. “Their decision to partner with AMD and launch
AMD GPU-based XFX graphics cards, including the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 speaks to
the level of excellence achieved by the ATI Radeon HD 4000 series,” he added.

We are excited about this partnership as it allows us to incorporate current
and future ATI graphics technology into our graphics card designs, enabling our
R&D teams to develop an even wider range of XFX graphics products for consumers
in every region and every segment,” said Michael Chiu, Chairman and CEO, Pine
Technologies Holdings, makers of XFX graphics cards.