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ATI All In Wonder no more as company cuts 2000 jobs
The aftermath of the AMD & ATI merger is starting to show. Looks like the ATI All In Wonder part from ATI did not make it through the merger. The people behind the AIW cards are part of the 1200 affected on the ATI side, while AMD is letting 800 employees go.
Sources: TheINQ here & here Last edited by Darksaber; Oct 12, 2006 at 08:16 PM. |
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Oct 12, 2006, 08:08 PM
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You might want to edit the title, it looks like they fired 2 people :P.
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Oct 12, 2006, 08:17 PM
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dang i like the aiw series. i was waiting for them to have hardware encoding ones with the newer chips.
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Oct 12, 2006, 08:19 PM
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Anyone know if it'll have a replacement?
I just bought an AIW X1900 to build an entire system around on NewEgg for $209. I'm sad to see these go because of their great price for the feature set provided. Some people make a good point, however, that if you want to upgrade your video card, the Tuner goes with it. If the price of a tuner plus the price of a descent card were as affordable as the All-In-Wonder it would probably be worth getting them separate.
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Oct 12, 2006, 08:24 PM
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What was so special about AIW cards anyway nowadays? I'm not saying they aren't good, I genuinely haven't looked at what they had to offer at the moment. A few years back they were good because they had Video In, but there are so many VIVO cards around now that isn't as special.
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Oct 12, 2006, 08:29 PM
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Oct 12, 2006, 08:29 PM
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record tv. i like their software too. and usually if u buy it used. they are around the same price as the normal counterpart so win/win!
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Oct 12, 2006, 08:44 PM
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AIW Features
 They've got quite a bit more than most cards have to offer. (At $209 anyway) Radeon X1900 GPU - 256MB GDDR3 PCIe x16 Avivo & H.264 accelleration (for HD output from Blu-Ray and HD-DVD) 1 x DVI-I out 1 x VGA out Stereo Audio, S-Video, Composite video in & out YPrPb (RGB video) out 2560x1600 res (Digital) MulTView [Picture-in-picture] (with second tuner card installed) FM Radio Tuner ATI Remote Wonder Plus - RF remote (mine works in my living room 40 feet away from the receiver in the other room)
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Oct 12, 2006, 08:46 PM
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A lot, but not all, of those came with my ATI HDTV Wonder.
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Oct 12, 2006, 09:27 PM
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where the hell are my stars
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that sux no more aiw
 hey wait this is from the inquirer is it true?
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Oct 12, 2006, 10:15 PM
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I'm sure if the AIW was a profitable line, they'd keep building and selling them. Volume probably didn't justify the development costs.
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Oct 12, 2006, 10:18 PM
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This is old news the AIW series has been thought to of been pulled months ago. Its still not truly coming down from ATi/AMD on print yet. Its more than likly it will be pulled, I think it would of stayed it they would of kept making XT and XTX all in wonder cards.
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Oct 12, 2006, 11:54 PM
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COLLECTOR'S ITEMS/HISTORICAL VALUE NOW? A useful one @ that...
See the subject-line/title of my reply here...
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Oct 13, 2006, 12:25 AM
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Haha. I like to collect old computer stuff. I have a small processor collection
 . I have a Cyrix processor in it. Anyone remember them?
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Oct 13, 2006, 12:44 AM
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lol, i dont think ati has 2000 employies...
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Oct 13, 2006, 12:46 AM
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i used to have a cyrix proccy way back when
my aunt has it now (was our p133 replacement back in the day) |
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Oct 13, 2006, 02:21 AM
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nice pic i didnt know wtf they cords did so i never used it.
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Oct 13, 2006, 02:58 PM
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Maybe they'll integrate more of these features into their standard cards?
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Oct 13, 2006, 03:10 PM
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no doubt the intel Graphics division will be gaining a few employees and possibly nivdia may take some new staff also
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