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Underwriters Laboratories Inc. Both are used in access
control and identification applications while hand geometry is used
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Optional proximity reader, memory
and Ethernet versions are also available.

"New games are intensely realistic and graphics -heavy and the
Radeon X800 XL 512MB is designed to maximize their impact by
delivering amazing visual quality and performance," said Rich Heye,
Vice President and GM, Desktop Discrete Products , ATI Technologies
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That, along with techniques using multiple
render targets for deferred rendering components and demand for high
definition, anti-aliased back buffers mean that the new 512MB
development platform from ATI offers us important new degrees of
freedom," said Ian Moran , Lead Programmer, Juice Games. With such
an immense amount of memory at our disposal, we can get closer to
realizing Remedy's vision of cinematic gaming," said Markus Maki,
Director of development , Remedy.

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Today, its services extend to helping
companies achieve global acceptance, whether for an electrical device,
a programmable system, or an organization's quality process.com.

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CAMPBELL, Calif. Hungry for new advanced platforms to drive
development, industry pioneers are already praising ATI's advancements
powering the shift to High Definition gaming.

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The user simply enters a PIN code or presents a proximity
card, which calls up a template to scan. Then , the user places a
finger on the FingerKey reader for verification of the template.

About Recognition Systems

With over 120,000 hand geometry units throughout the world reading
millions of hands each day, Recognition Systems, founded in 1986, is
the pioneer and only manufacturer of the leading two biometric
technologies, hand geometry and finger scan. This is
particularly important in true next generation development, with
complex materials requiring concurrent access to multiple high
definition source maps. "Texture
thrashing during a frame render is drastically reduced or eliminated. With 2004
revenues of approximately US $2 billion, ATI has more than 2,700
employees in the Americas, Europe and Asia. ATI common shares trade on
NASDAQ (ATYT) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (ATY).

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Phone is 408-341-4100. ATI totally gets it and is leading the charge!"
said Chris Taylor, CEO/Creative Director, Gas Powered Games.

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These tests were performed in accordance
with the British Standard for Alarm Systems -- Access Control System
for use in Security Applications, BS EN 50133-2-1:200. Recognition
Systems is the biometric component of Ingersoll-Rand Corporation's
Security + Safety Group's Electronic Access Control Division.

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The world sales leader of
biometric verification devices, Recognition Systems serves an
international clientele from its headquarters in Campbell, Calif.brighamscully.

"The 512MB of memory on ATI's card makes our games run at high
frame rates even on scenes with very high amounts of textures," says
Tim Rance, Chief Technical Officer, Lionhead Studios.

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includes a keypad and LCD display.

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UL has tested products for public safety for more than a century. Its
website is www.

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The FingerKey DX fingerprint access control reader is a low-cost
biometric alternative designed to secure smaller user populations.irco.

"The Radeon X800 XL 512MB has both immediate and long-term
advantages ," said Gary McTaggart, Graphics Architect, Valve. Further down the road, memory hungry technologies like 3D
textures, used in things like procedural noise for detail textures,
some fog algorithms , and color correction, will benefit as well from
the capabilities of this new card.ati.

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(NASDAQ: ATYT)(TSX: ATY) today launched its
powerful new Radeon(R) X800 XL 512 MB graphics card, allowing gamers
to run today's top games at the highest image quality settings
possible, at very high speeds , delivering an amazing gaming
experience."

Radeon X800XL 512MB will be available in May, with an MSRP of $449
from ATI's board partners including:

- ABIT - MSI
- Connect3D - Sapphire
- Gigabyte - TUL
- HIS - VisionTek
- Info-Tek

For more information on this or other ATI products please visit
www.

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----Recognition
Systems, the biometric component of Ingersoll-Rand's (IR ) Security +
Safety Electronic Control Systems, announced today that its FingerKey
DX series of biometric fingerprint readers have been investigated and
passed the requirements contained in the Underwriter Laboratories'
(UL) Standard Access Control Systems, UL 294, as well as the
requirements contained in the Canadian National Standard for
Miscellaneous Signaling Equipment, CSA C22. "The UL
and CSA certifications assure that's what customers get with
Recognition Systems FingerKey readers.handreader.com

NOTE TO EDITORS: For a downloadable, high-resolution photograph of
a FingerKey unit, go to www.

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An industry pioneer since 1985 , ATI is the world's foremost
graphics processing unit (GPU) provider and is dedicated to delivering
leading-edge performance solutions for the full range of PC and Mac
desktop and notebook platforms , workstation, set-top and digital
television, game console and handheld device markets.

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The FingerKey readers joins Recognition Systems' popular HandKey
II Hand Geometry readers, also UL 294 listed. (UL) is an independent,
not-for-profit product-safety testing and certification organization .

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Developers hail introduction of 512MB graphics cards allowing them
to push the limits and make next-gen games look even better

ATI Technologies Inc. Further, the introduction of 512MB graphics cards allows
game developers to raise the visual quality bar for their
next-generation games currently in development."

"We developers always like getting more of everything to play with
and 512 MB of memory allows us to push visuals much further.

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Recognition Systems was named recipient of the 2004 Application
Market Penetration Leadership Award for access control and time and
attendance applications in Frost + Sullivan's study, World Biometrics
Market.

The Radeon X800 XL 512MB is currently being used by today's top
developers including BioWare; Crytek; Digital Extremes; Funcom; Gas
Powered Games; Grin; id Software, inc; Juice Games; Lionhead; NCsoft;
Remedy and Valve. "With the Radeon X800 XL 512 MB, gamers will be able to max-out
their image quality settings and render highly realistic images
without having to compromise on performance.

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In addition to the testing required for UL 294 standards, the
following operational tests were also performed on the FingerKey
readers -- Impact Test, Supply Voltage Variations, and Dry Heat, Cold
and Variable Ambient tests.com.

ATI's Radeon'R' X800 XL 512 MB Graphics Card Delivers Better Performance and Image Quality For Top Games

is the world leader in the design and
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"When selecting biometric readers to verify authorized access to
buildings and prevent fraud in membership applications, it's
imperative that they have the highest possible quality," emphasizes
Recognition Systems Product Marketing Manager William Kennedy. Verification takes less than
two seconds.
Since its founding in 1894, UL has held the undisputed reputation as a
leader in product-safety testing and certification within the United
States. Building on its household name in the United States, UL is
becoming one of the most recognized, reputable conformity assessment
providers in the world. Click
Photographs/Recognition Systems."

"ATI is allowing us to raise the visual quality bar and deliver a
new level of realism never seen before in real-time video games," said
Andrey Khonich, Senior R+D programmer, Crytek.

"The new 512 MB cards from ATI will allow us to increase the
visual quality of our games and take graphics in forthcoming games to
an unprecedented level," said Jorgen Tharaldsen, Product Director ,
Funcom. Gamers should be really excited by what
a doubling of memory can do," said Bo Anderson , CEO, Grin. "Our games run
more smoothly in these cases because everything can be stored in video
memory with no thrashing of the texture cache.

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Recognition Systems Biometric FingerKey Readers Achieve UL/CSA Certification; Fingerprint Scanners Meet Rigorous UL Canadian and British Quality Standards

"When we received the new 512 MB video card from ATI, we got
final, absolute confirmation that the future of PC gaming was not only
bright, it is undoubtedly going to lead the way to next -generation
gaming experiences. All rights reserved. Features, pricing, availability and specifications are subject
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Ingersoll-Rand website is www.

"No matter what the shader model, having the space to store the
best high definition textures local to the VPU is critical.
This is even more beneficial in the case of High Dynamic Range
rendering (HDR), which we are in the process of releasing for the
Source engine, where environment and light maps are eight times as
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"ATI gave us the head start we needed to develop for the new
generation of 512 MB platforms. Developing on the absolute edge of
what a PC can do, 512 MB hardware has really allowed us to increase
both visual quality and speed.

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