Atheros XSPAN® and XSPAN with Signal-Sustain Technology™ (SST) provide the highest performance WLAN. solutions to date. XSPAN’s AR5008, AR9001, AR9220 and AR9223 802.11n draft solutions deliver the ultimate wireless networking performance for triple-play with video, voice and data transmissions throughout the home and office. Atheros’ AR9280 and AR9281 feature the industry’s most integrated, single-chip 802.11n solutions optimized for PCIe. Atheros XSPAN 802.11n chips offer a superior wireless experience by delivering physical data rates up to 300 megabits-per-second (Mbps), providing six times the throughput and up to ten times the range of legacy 802.11g and 802.11a/g networks.

Mobile WLAN – Atheros’ innovative ROCm® Radio-on-Chip for Mobile platforms for WLAN feature the new AR6002 solutions, available in industry-leading, small form factors for consumer products such as dual-mode cellular phones, VoIP handsets, portable media players, digital still/video cameras and gaming devices. The AR6002 solutions deliver extraordinarily low battery impact with the industry’s lowest-power active mode, and near-zero power consumption in standby.

Gigabit Ethernet and Fast Ethernet – Atheros provides its extensive customer base of PC OEMs and networking equipment customers with its family of Atheros ETHOS™ Ethernet solutions. This growing portfolio features both Gigabit and Fast Ethernet options for switch, controller and PHY products. The ETHOS high-performance, low-power solutions bring the engineering capabilities Atheros has built in the wireless market now to the Ethernet market, to deliver superior user experiences with PC and networking products for the home and SMB.

GPS – Atheros offers highly-integrated GPS single-chip receivers, featuring the uN3010, in combination with its high-performance ORION™ software to enable a growing array of location-based mobile devices including PNDs, mobile handsets, PMPs, PCs and personal mobile products.

Bluetooth – Atheros’ ROCm portfolio for Bluetooth now features both the Atheros AR3011 for PCs and AR3031 for mono headsets, and supports the latest enhancements of the Bluetooth version 2.1 + EDR specification. The AR3011 is the industry’s only Bluetooth solution optimized for PCs with significant advantages in size, integration and cost. The AR3031 has been architected for mono headset applications, delivering unmatched power performance and flexibility to designers looking to easily enable feature customization.