AMD'S Proposed Acquisition of ATI Receives Merger Control Clearance in Taiwan

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) and ATI Technologies Inc.
(TSX: ATY) (NASDAQ: ATYT) today announced that the Fair Trade
Commission of Taiwan has cleared the proposed acquisition of ATI by
AMD.

The proposed acquisition, announced on July 24, 2006, still
remains subject to the approval of ATI shareholders, court approval of
the plan of arrangement, approval by the Minister of Industry under
the Investment Canada Act and other customary closing conditions.
Subject to satisfaction or waiver of these conditions, the transaction
is expected to be completed prior to the end of October 2006.

AMD and ATI also disclosed that they have agreed to a technical
amendment to the Plan of Arrangement that clarifies that the "Parent
Closing Stock Price" is the volume weighted average trading price,
rounded to the nearest cent, of AMD's Common Stock for the 10 trading
days immediately prior to (but excluding) the effective date (as
defined in the plan of arrangement). The timing of the period begins
at 9:30 a.m. EDT on the first day through 4:30 p.m. EDT on the last
day of the 10 trading-day period. This volume weighted average trading
price will be determined using the "Bloomberg VWAP" on the
Volume-Weighted Average Quote

Recap page of Bloomberg or, if the Bloomberg VWAP is not
available, using another reputable source as decided by AMD and ATI.

About AMD

Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) is a leading global provider of
innovative microprocessor solutions for computing, communications and
consumer electronics markets. Founded in 1969, AMD is dedicated to
delivering superior computing solutions based on customer needs that
empower users worldwide. For more information visit www.amd.com.

About ATI

ATI Technologies Inc. is a world leader in the design and
manufacture of innovative 3D graphics, PC platform technologies and
digital media silicon solutions. An industry pioneer since 1985, ATI
is the world's foremost graphics processor unit (GPU) provider and is
dedicated to deliver 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. With fiscal 2005 revenues of US $2.2 billion, ATI has
approximately 4,000 employees in the Americas, Europe and Asia. ATI
common shares trade on NASDAQ (ATYT) and the Toronto Stock Exchange
(ATY).

Safe Harbor Statement

This release contains forward-looking statements, which are made
pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are commonly
identified by words such as "proposed," "may," "expected," and other
terms with similar meaning. Forward-looking statements are based on
current beliefs, assumptions and expectations and speak only as of the
date of this release and involve risks and uncertainties that could
cause actual results of AMD, ATI or the combined company to differ
materially from current expectations. The material factors and
assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from
current expectations include, without limitation, the following:
delays in obtaining regulatory approvals; failure to obtain approval
of ATI shareholders or the court of the Plan of Arrangement; actions
that may be taken by the competitors, customers and suppliers of AMD
or ATI that may cause the transaction to be delayed or not completed;
revenue, cost savings, growth prospects and any or other synergies
expected from the proposed transaction may not be fully realized or
may take longer to realize than expected; the transaction may not be
accretive as expected; AMD or the combined company may not achieve any
year-end or longer-term targeted gross margins, research and
development expenses, selling, general or administrative expenses,
operating margins, capital structure or debt-to-capitalization ratio;
AMD or the combined company may require additional capital and may not
be able to raise sufficient capital, on favorable terms or at all;
delays associated with integrating the companies, including employees
and operations, after the transaction is completed; the possible
impairment of goodwill and other long-lived assets resulting from the
transaction and the resulting impact on the combined company's assets
and earnings; unexpected variations in market growth and demand for
the combined company's products and technologies; rapid and frequent
technology changes in the computing and consumer electronics segments;
potential constraints on the ability to develop, launch and ramp new
products on a timely basis; research and development costs associated
with the development of new products and other factors that may affect
future results of the combined company described in the section
entitled "Risk Factors" in the management information circular that
was mailed to ATI's shareholders and in AMD and ATI's filings with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") that are available on
the SEC's web site located at http://www.sec.gov, including the
section entitled "Risk Factors" in AMD' s Form 10-Q for the fiscal
quarter ended July 2, 2006 and the section entitled "Risks and
Uncertainties" in Exhibit 1 to ATI's Form 40-F for the fiscal year
ended August 31, 2005. Please see Item 3.12 "Narrative Description of
the Business - Risks and Uncertainties" in ATI's 2005 Annual
Information Form and the Risks and Uncertainties section of ATI's
annual MD&A on page 30 of ATI's 2005 Annual report filed on the SEDAR
website maintained by the Canadian Securities Administrators at
http://www.sedar.com. Readers are strongly urged to read the full
cautionary statements contained in those materials. We assume no
obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether
as a result of new information, future events or any other reason.

Additional Information

In connection with the proposed transaction, ATI has filed a
management information circular with the Canadian securities
regulatory authorities. Investors and security holders are urged to
read the management information circular because it contains important
information about AMD, ATI and the transaction. Investors and security
holders may obtain the management information circular free of charge
on the SEDAR website maintained by the Canadian Securities
Administrators at http://www.sedar.com as well as on the SEC's website
located at http://www.sec.gov. Investors and security holders may
obtain any documents relating to the transaction filed by AMD with the
SEC free of charge at the SEC's website located at http://www.sec.gov
and filed by ATI on SEDAR at http://www.sedar.com.