"Atheros is at the forefront of a new frontier and its technologies can speed the deployment of new high speed wireless networks," said Jim Forbes, executive editor of DEMO letter and co-producer of DEMO. "Atheros breaks the speed barrier in wireless, which makes it possible to use this technology to transmit rich data types as well as more common text-based information."

"DEMO 2001 attendees will see how the Atheros IEEE 802.11a standard-based wireless system can drive the high-speed, low cost delivery of audio, video and data without the hassle of wires," said Mark Bercow, Atheros' vice president of Marketing and Business Development. "We're delighted to have been chosen to demonstrate our technology at this year's DEMO conference."

Atheros' next-generation wireless networking technology provides connectivity between information and entertainment devices in the home or workplace. With speeds up to 54Mbps standard and 72Mbps turbo, Atheros' solutions allow for the wireless distribution of bandwidth-intensive multimedia applications such as streaming video. In addition, Atheros' highly integrated system, with a complete "Radio-on-a-Chip" (RoC), translates into lower implementation costs making the technology more accessible.

About Atheros Communications, Inc.

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. The company's founding mission is to provide wireless networking technologies that drive transparent connections among all computing, audio and video devices in the office and the home. Funded by venture capital firms August Capital, Foundation Capital and New Enterprise Associates, Atheros currently employs over 85 people and has filed more than 35 wireless technology patents.

For press and analyst inquiries contact: Cheryl Patstone, 408-773-5344, cheryl@atheros.com or Greg Wood, A&R Partners, 650-762-2838, gwood@arpartners.com.