His name is Leon Cook, born in 1950 to the family was of an earlier era of wealth, lost at the hands of the Chinese communist revolution. Lived - who was expected to be a life of plenty - his childhood in extreme poverty. Cook was the smallest members of his family, and spent his youth in the sale of vegetables that his family was planted in their garden. And his father forced - under the pressure of living costs - because migrating to Hong Kong to work in factories, where he took the offer sent to him a few dirhams to his family to keep survive. In 1962 the family reunited once again in the big city of Hong Kong, in the apartment of one room.
Cook the first date with the road to success was awarded a scholarship at the University of Cheng Kong Taiwan, allocated to study electrical engineering. After graduation in 1974, he was able to work in companies and then Control Data, and then Phillips National, and finally the position of Director-General of the Long Electronics Co., which flourished in the manufacture and assembly of computers. In 1984, Cook emigrated to Canada, but that, in spite of a decade's experience and degree of scientific excellence, Cook did not find a job in the Diaspora to match those jobs filled in Hong Kong.
In the life of every successful moments of despair, hope turns to the birth of moments of success. Cook decided to post if the children and me if, graduates, University of Toronto and the owners of a successful computer company (Wi-Com). The three decided to put everything at stake, they decided to put all their savings and the savings of friends and relatives, to establish a manufacturer of components of computers, $ 300 thousand for the establishment of a company Array Technologies Industry or ATI for short. Company's first product was emerging card upgrade more than the computer's memory and add a serial director and another for printing.
Change the name of the company then to Array Technologies Inc. And then to the ATi Technologies Inc. Or what might be called "matrix techniques," and this name was a symbol of the method used at the time in the manufacture of chipsets, and it goes without saying that this technique was replaced after other techniques later, but the name stayed as it is! It is worth mentioning that in this time of the Children's computer industry, the cards offer a single color, it has needed to wait until 1986 for the exit of the first color display card market.
ATI took the opportunity, and put it calls the display card in IBM which provided the possibility of combining all the criteria used in other products available in the market. The company has been groping its way to specialize in the manufacture of chips is responsible for everything that moves on the computer screen - or what we today call cards offer - which came to a simple reason: the time was a card from the simple place so that capital can total to establish a manufacturing company can be succeed. This resolution was the brainchild of Cook and was the beginning of 1987 to focus fully on this idea, especially with the launch of my Rent and Wonders and the Wonders of the Vega and IBM computers.
Began ATI strongly six staff members only. Being a Canadian company arising out of (unknown) to make computer manufacturers are reluctant to deal with them. Four months after the capital had run out completely. Intervention of the Singapore National Bank will lend the fledgling company some money (a loan of $ 300 thousand soon increased to one million and a half) is gained some time.
Despite the problems of the beginning of the company, but they need to design a single chip in order to save the company from the brink of bankruptcy. Was the relief when he arrived a purchase order from a company Commodore, which was in dire need of those who provide them with slices of graphical and quickly. ATI managed to manufacture 7000 slide a week and delivered to the Company Commodore, and the end of the year, the fiscal revenue amounted to ten million dollars.
Success always requires a mix of financial management with smart technological innovation to ensure continued sales of the company's continued innovation and invention. In 1994 the company launched its product genius slice of Mach 64 and the cause of genius that this slide was so powerful that you can view videos on your computer screen without the need for additional electronic chip (in those days, this is a marvel). Enabled this segment as well as play movies from CD-ROM-based MPEG-1 on the computers without the need for Real Magic cards are expensive. This slide was the basis for much of the following slides and the famous hit by the great success and fame later, and helped the company to put up display cards allow the introduction of video presentations on the computer and then edit, modify, again without the need for expensive specialized equipment.
In 1997 bought ATI T - Singh Labs, specializing in the manufacture of IGP chipsets, the annexation of 40 engineers dedicated to it. In 1998, the company's revenues exceeded one billion dollars, was chosen as a Cook of the Year in Canada. In 2000 bought the company as well as Art - Xbox (the company that designed graphics chip for gaming device Nintendo - Cube) and which entered into a long-standing partnership with Nintendo resulted in the manufacture of the slide in graphic system is expected Nintendo Wii. Then Microsoft announced its commitment to manufacture the first slide device Xbox 360 to a company ATI. In 2002 the company introduced the first dedicated graphics processor for the Pocket PC and mobile phones. In 2004, Cook stepped down as chairman of the company's management, with the continuation of a member of this Council. In 2005, the Declaration of ATI's largest manufacturer of graphics processors in the world.
Finally, it was announced merger of ATI with AMD for the manufacture of data processors for computers, in one company is expected to have a lot, that this merger is still awaiting the approval of shareholders.
Cook did not give up at all, did not give up on innovation in order to provide new solutions at economical prices, with take advantage of opportunities to enlarge the company, did not resort to methods of monopoly in his opponent, at least not read about it.
Cook the first date with the road to success was awarded a scholarship at the University of Cheng Kong Taiwan, allocated to study electrical engineering. After graduation in 1974, he was able to work in companies and then Control Data, and then Phillips National, and finally the position of Director-General of the Long Electronics Co., which flourished in the manufacture and assembly of computers. In 1984, Cook emigrated to Canada, but that, in spite of a decade's experience and degree of scientific excellence, Cook did not find a job in the Diaspora to match those jobs filled in Hong Kong.
In the life of every successful moments of despair, hope turns to the birth of moments of success. Cook decided to post if the children and me if, graduates, University of Toronto and the owners of a successful computer company (Wi-Com). The three decided to put everything at stake, they decided to put all their savings and the savings of friends and relatives, to establish a manufacturer of components of computers, $ 300 thousand for the establishment of a company Array Technologies Industry or ATI for short. Company's first product was emerging card upgrade more than the computer's memory and add a serial director and another for printing.
Change the name of the company then to Array Technologies Inc. And then to the ATi Technologies Inc. Or what might be called "matrix techniques," and this name was a symbol of the method used at the time in the manufacture of chipsets, and it goes without saying that this technique was replaced after other techniques later, but the name stayed as it is! It is worth mentioning that in this time of the Children's computer industry, the cards offer a single color, it has needed to wait until 1986 for the exit of the first color display card market.
ATI took the opportunity, and put it calls the display card in IBM which provided the possibility of combining all the criteria used in other products available in the market. The company has been groping its way to specialize in the manufacture of chips is responsible for everything that moves on the computer screen - or what we today call cards offer - which came to a simple reason: the time was a card from the simple place so that capital can total to establish a manufacturing company can be succeed. This resolution was the brainchild of Cook and was the beginning of 1987 to focus fully on this idea, especially with the launch of my Rent and Wonders and the Wonders of the Vega and IBM computers.
Began ATI strongly six staff members only. Being a Canadian company arising out of (unknown) to make computer manufacturers are reluctant to deal with them. Four months after the capital had run out completely. Intervention of the Singapore National Bank will lend the fledgling company some money (a loan of $ 300 thousand soon increased to one million and a half) is gained some time.
Despite the problems of the beginning of the company, but they need to design a single chip in order to save the company from the brink of bankruptcy. Was the relief when he arrived a purchase order from a company Commodore, which was in dire need of those who provide them with slices of graphical and quickly. ATI managed to manufacture 7000 slide a week and delivered to the Company Commodore, and the end of the year, the fiscal revenue amounted to ten million dollars.
Success always requires a mix of financial management with smart technological innovation to ensure continued sales of the company's continued innovation and invention. In 1994 the company launched its product genius slice of Mach 64 and the cause of genius that this slide was so powerful that you can view videos on your computer screen without the need for additional electronic chip (in those days, this is a marvel). Enabled this segment as well as play movies from CD-ROM-based MPEG-1 on the computers without the need for Real Magic cards are expensive. This slide was the basis for much of the following slides and the famous hit by the great success and fame later, and helped the company to put up display cards allow the introduction of video presentations on the computer and then edit, modify, again without the need for expensive specialized equipment.
In 1997 bought ATI T - Singh Labs, specializing in the manufacture of IGP chipsets, the annexation of 40 engineers dedicated to it. In 1998, the company's revenues exceeded one billion dollars, was chosen as a Cook of the Year in Canada. In 2000 bought the company as well as Art - Xbox (the company that designed graphics chip for gaming device Nintendo - Cube) and which entered into a long-standing partnership with Nintendo resulted in the manufacture of the slide in graphic system is expected Nintendo Wii. Then Microsoft announced its commitment to manufacture the first slide device Xbox 360 to a company ATI. In 2002 the company introduced the first dedicated graphics processor for the Pocket PC and mobile phones. In 2004, Cook stepped down as chairman of the company's management, with the continuation of a member of this Council. In 2005, the Declaration of ATI's largest manufacturer of graphics processors in the world.
Finally, it was announced merger of ATI with AMD for the manufacture of data processors for computers, in one company is expected to have a lot, that this merger is still awaiting the approval of shareholders.
Cook did not give up at all, did not give up on innovation in order to provide new solutions at economical prices, with take advantage of opportunities to enlarge the company, did not resort to methods of monopoly in his opponent, at least not read about it.
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