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About
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Atheros Company Fact Sheet
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Corporate
Headquarters |
5480 Great America
Parkway
Santa Clara, CA 95054-3644 |
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Description |
Atheros Communications
is a leading developer of semiconductor system solutions for
wireless and wired network communications products. Atheros combines
its wireless and networking systems expertise with high-performance
radio frequency (RF), mixed signal and digital semiconductor design
skills to provide highly integrated chipsets that are manufactured
on low-cost, standard complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS)
processes. Atheros technology is used by a broad base of
leading customers, including personal
computer, networking equipment and consumer device manufacturers. |
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History |
Atheros Communications
was founded in May 1998 by leading experts in radio and signal
processing from Stanford University, the University of California at
Berkeley, and private industry. |
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| IPO |
February 12, 2004.
Underwritten by Morgan Stanley, Lehman Brothers, Banc of America
Securities and Thomas Weisel Partners at an offering price of $14.00
with 10,350,000 shares sold in the offering. |
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Stock Symbol |
ATHR (NASDAQ) |
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Technology
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WLAN Networking –
Atheros AR9000, AR5008, AR5007, AR5006, AR5005 and AR5004 families
of WLAN chips feature breakthrough 802.11 wireless networking
technologies. When incorporated into WLAN devices, Atheros chipsets
offer higher performance, extended coverage, longer battery life and
advanced features to enhance the user experience.
Atheros XSPAN® and XSPAN with Signal Sustain Technology (SST), based
on the IEEE draft 11n multi-stream specification, provide the
highest performance WLAN solutions on the market. XSPAN’s AR5008,
AR9001, AR9002, AR9220 and AR9223 802.11n draft solutions deliver
the ultimate advanced multimedia 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,
and the AR9002AP, supporting the highest performance dual-band
AP/router solutions. 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
more than two times the range of legacy 802.11g and 802.11a/g
networks.
Atheros Align™ offers a comprehensive portfolio of wireless LAN
(WLAN) solutions based on the IEEE draft 802.11n 1-stream
specification. With up to 150 Mbps PHY rates, Align solutions
deliver 5 times the actual throughput and double the coverage of
legacy 11g. Featuring the AP9002AP-1S for retail AP/routers, the
AR9285 single-chip PCIe for PCs, and the AR9271 embedded USB for
carrier/ gateways and consumer electronics, Align solutions are
forward compatible to higher-performance, multi-stream, MIMO-based
802.11n – providing the optimal upgrade path for value-class WLAN
products.
Mobile WLAN – Atheros’ innovative ROCm® Radio-on-Chip for
Mobile platforms for WLAN feature the AR6002 solutions, available in
industry-leading, small form factors for consumer products such as
dual-mode cellular phones, gaming devices, VoIP handsets, portable
media players and digital still/video cameras. 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. ETHOS high-performance,
low-power solutions bring the engineering capabilities Atheros has
built in the wireless market to the Ethernet market, to deliver
superior user experiences with PC and networking products for the
home and SMB.
GPS – Atheros offers industry-leading ROCm for GPS
single-chip receivers, featuring the AR1511 in combination with its
high-performance ORION™ 3.0 software to enable a growing array of
location-based mobile devices including PNDs, mobile handsets, PMPs,
PCs and personal mobile products. The AR1511 and companion Orion 3.0
deliver state-of-the-art AGPS technology to provide faster
reacquisition time, greater position accuracy and longer battery
life for an enhanced user experience.
Bluetooth – Atheros’ ROCm portfolio for Bluetooth features
the Atheros AR3011 for PCs which 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. |
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Executive Management |
Dr. Craig H. Barratt
President and Chief Executive Officer
Jack R. Lazar
Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Corporate
Development
Todd D. Antes
Vice President of Computing and Consumer Networking
Richard G. Bahr
Vice President of Engineering
Hing C. Chu
Vice President of Engineering Operations
Amir Faintuch
Vice President and General Manager of Mobile Wireless Business
Unit
Paul G. Franklin
Vice President of Operations
Ali Hariri
Vice President of Broadband Carrier Networking
Edward L. Martin
Vice President of Professional Development
William J. McFarland
Chief Technical Officer
Charles Marker
Vice President of Software Engineering
Ben Naskar
Vice President and General Manager of Wireless Networking
Business Unit
Dr. David Su
Vice President of Analog Engineering
Gary L. Szilagyi
Vice President of Worldwide Sales
Adam H. Tachner
Vice President and General Counsel
David D. Torre
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
Sharon Thompson
Vice President of Global Human Resources
Greg Winner
General Manager of GPS Business Unit |
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Board Members |
Dr. John L. Hennessy
Chairman of the Board
President of Stanford University
Dan A. Artusi
Independent Industry Consultant
Christine King
Board Member of ON Semiconductor
and Idaho Power Company
Marshall L. Mohr
Senior Vice President
Chief Financial Officer of Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
Andy S. Rappaport
Partner at August Capital
Dr. Willy C. Shih
Faculty Member of Harvard Business School
Dr. Craig H. Barratt
President and CEO, Atheros Communications
Dr. Teresa H. Meng
Fellow of the IEEE
Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department at Stanford
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logos are owned by the Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by
Atheros is under license. Other trademarks and trade names are those of
their respective owners.
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