Company Milestones

2008

• Atheros XSPAN Enhances Home Networking with Smart, High-Capacity Routing Platform

• Atheros Receives Prestigious Emerging Growth Company Award

• Atheros Enhances GPS User Experience with Advanced Navigation and Low Power in Handsets, PNDs and PMPs

2007

• Atheros Encores New 802.11n Single-Chip to Deliver Highest Performance Wi-Fi in Multimedia Home Gateways
• Atheros Communications Acquires u-Nav Microelectronics
• Atheros Receives Leadership Award from Fabless Semiconductor Association for Second Consecutive Year
• Atheros ETHOS Technology Portfolio Expands with New Gigabit Ethernet Solutions
• Atheros Expands ROCm Bluetooth® Portfolio with New System-on-Chip for Headsets
• Atheros Expands 802.11n Portfolio with Second-Generation XSPAN Solutions
• Atheros’ XSPAN Dual-Band Solutions Selected for Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ 802.11n Draft 2.0 Test Suite
• Atheros Expands Networking Portfolio with  Industry’s Smallest Gigabit Ethernet PHY
• Atheros Launches First Ethernet Switch Solution
• Atheros Launches Industry’s Most-Integrated 802.11g Solution for Carrier Gateways
• Atheros Founder Named to the National Academy of Engineering
• Atheros Ships 100 Million Wireless LAN Chipsets
• Atheros Announces Industry’s First Bluetooth® 2.1 + EDR Solution to Deliver Enhanced Wireless Connectivity in PCs
• Atheros Introduces Highest-Performance XSPAN Dual-Concurrent Wireless Router Solution
• Atheros Launches Market-Leading Wireless Network Processor for Ultimate 802.11n Networking

2006

• Atheros Receives Two Leadership Awards from Fabless Semiconductor Association

• Atheros Launches the World’s Most-Integrated, Single-Chip 802.11g Solution for PCI Express

• Atheros Ships 75 Millionth Wireless LAN Chipset

• Atheros Communications Named One of the Fastest Growing Companies in North America on Deloitte’s 2006 Technology Fast 500

• Atheros Launches XSPAN Value Solutions Featuring the Company’s First Advanced Network Processor

• Atheros XSPAN Draft 802.11n Mini Card Reference Designs Achieve Industry’s First PCI Express Compatibility Certification

• Atheros Introduces Highly Optimized Platform for Next-Generation Wireless IP Phones

• Atheros Communications Ships More Than 50 Million Wireless Chipsets

• Atheros Communications Expands Performance and Possibilities with First Draft 802.11n Wireless LAN Solutions

• Atheros Communications Endorses IEEE 802.11n Draft

2005

• Atheros’ Dual-band WLAN Access Point Receives Wi-Fi Certification, Is Selected for New Wi-Fi Alliance WMM Test Bed

• Atheros Communications Launches World’s Most Integrated Single-Chip 802.11g

• Solutions Based on Atheros Technology Lead MIMO Segment of U.S. Wireless LAN

• Atheros Communications Introduces the ROCm® Platform for High-Performance, Low-Power Mobile WLAN Applications

• Atheros Communications Announces Industry’s First Open Source Simple Configuration Software for Personal Wireless LANs

• Atheros Communications Introduces Industry’s First Single-Chip PCI Express™ Compliant Wireless LAN Solutions 

• Atheros Communications Introduces First Single-Chip Cellular Solution

• Atheros Communications Named Company of the Year Small/Medium by EE Times ACE Awards

• Atheros Communications Named EDN 2004 Innovation of the Year Winner

• Atheros Communications’ Teresa Meng Receives Innovator Award at Demo@15! Conference

• Atheros Communications Ships its 20-Millionth Wireless Chipset

• Atheros Communications Takes the Hassle Out of Security Setups with JumpStart for Wireless™

• Atheros Communications Launches Smart-Antenna Wireless Chipset Delivering MIMO Performance to Standard 802.11 Products

2004

• Atheros Communications Launches World's First Single-Chip 802.11g Access Point Device

• Atheros Communications Receives Outstanding Financial Performance Award from Fabless Semiconductor Association

• Atheros Communications Supports the Newly Ratified IEEE 802.11j Standard for Indoor, Outdoor and Mobile Use                                          

• Atheros Communications Ranked as Silicon Valley’s Fastest Growing Private Company by the Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal

• Atheros Communications Introduces Industry’s First Single-Chip 802.11a/b/g Wireless LAN Solution                                                              

• Atheros Communications’ Wireless LAN Products Receive Wi-Fi Certification for WMM™ and Featured in the New WMM Test Bed

• Atheros Communications' Wireless LAN Products Selected for Inclusion in WPA2™ Certification Test Bed

• Atheros Communications' Super AG® and Super G® Technologies Gain Widespread Acceptance in Japan

• Atheros introduces industry's first single-chip 802.11a/b/g wireless LAN solution.

• Atheros’ wireless LAN products receive Wi-Fi certification for WPA2™ and WMM™ standards; included in Wi-Fi Alliance interoperability test bed.

• Atheros announces participation in multi-industry group delivering unified 802.11n proposal for next-generation, high-performance wireless LANs.

• Atheros introduces first video chipset for affordable HDTV- quality wireless.   

• Atheros introduces first USB 2.0 WLAN chips with Super G® and Super AG® technology.

• Atheros Communications completes Initial Public Offering on the NASDAQ under trading symbol "ATHR".

• Atheros introduces industry's first single-chip 802.11g wireless LAN solution.

2003

• Atheros ships its 10-millionth wireless chip.

• Atheros launches 4th-Gen chipsets with breakthroughs in performance, range, power consumption and network manageability.

• Atheros products receive industry's first Wi-Fi 802.11g certification.

• Atheros surpasses 1 million in monthly shipments of 802.11b/g and 802.11a/b/g WLAN chipsets.

• Atheros is first to earn Microsoft Designed for Windows XP certification for universal 802.11a/b/g solution.

• Atheros products receive industry's first WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) certification.

• Atheros names Dr. Craig Barratt president and CEO.

• Atheros receives industry's first Wi-Fi certification for dual-band 802.11a and 802.11b interoperability.

2002

• Atheros receives Outstanding Financial Performance Award from the Fabless Semiconductor Association.

• Atheros AR5001X Combo 802.11a/b solution wins Grand Prize Best of Show at N+I Las Vegas.

• Atheros samples industry's first Combo 802.11a/b, 2nd-Gen 802.11a and Integrated Access Point solutions.

2001

• Atheros becomes first to earn Microsoft Designed for Windows XP certification for 5-GHz WLAN products.

• Atheros AR5000, the industry's first 5-GHz, 802.11a compliant WLAN chipset, ships in volume.                                         

• Atheros chipsets used to determine new transportation-based wireless standard called 802.11a RA. Technology to be used for next-generation wireless roadside applications.

• Atheros forms Japanese subsidiary.

2000

• Atheros shows first public demonstration of 802.11a high-speed wireless networking at Networld+Interop.

• Atheros announces industry's first two-chip, all-CMOS, end-to-end solution for IEEE 802.11a 5-GHz WLANs. Breakthrough in radio architecture.

1998

• Atheros is founded by leading experts in radio and signal processing from Stanford University, the University of California at Berkeley, and private industry.

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