ATI ships 12 million GameCube chips

By David Becker
Staff Writer, CNET News

Graphics chipmaker ATI Technologies announced Tuesday it has shipped the 12th million "Flipper" chip for Nintendo's GameCube console. Besides graphics processing, the custom-designed Flipper handles audio, input/output and other functions for the GameCube.

Game consoles have become an important new market for graphics chipmakers, especially as PC sales have stalled. ATI rival Nvidia derives a significant chunk of its revenue from the custom-graphics chip it makes for Microsoft's Xbox.

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