ATI Research, Inc. history

Based in Cudahy, Wisconsin, Ladish was founded in 1905 and grew through the early 20th century as a high-quality supplier of forged camshafts and other parts for the automotive, farming and construction equipment industries.

The company also commercialized stainless steel in the United States, winning its first patent in 1924.

He was born in China in 1950, the son of a teacher, and grew up in a family where money was tight.

He became convinced that vacuum melting would be a breakthrough commercial process for producing high-performance superalloys, and founded Allvac with that mission in 1957.

They pooled their resources, raised CAD 300,000 in a bank loan, and in August 1985 launched their own company to produce graphics cards, and the graphics chips that powered them, for personal computers.

ATI's first major success came in July 1987 with the release of the EGA WONDER and VGA WONDER cards, which were compatible with every computer monitor, graphics interface, and software on the market at the time.

Then, in November 1998, it acquired Chromatic Research, Inc., which produced multimedia chips for use in low-end computers, set-top boxes, and other consumer electronics devices.

In June 2002 the company acquired NxtWave Communications Inc. to expand its set-top chip business.

Several months later, in October 2005, the OSC dismissed the charges against Ho and his wife.