Atheros Receives Leadership Award from Fabless Semiconductor Association for Second Consecutive Year

FSA Recognizes Atheros as the Most Respected Emerging Public Fabless Company  

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 10, 2007 — Atheros Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHR), a leading developer of advanced wireless solutions, has been named Most Respected Emerging Public Fabless Company by the Fabless Semiconductor Association (FSA) for the second consecutive year. Honored by its peers for continued growth, product success and future opportunities, Atheros was presented the award at the FSA’s 2007 Awards Dinner Celebration on Dec. 6 in Santa Clara, making it the fifth time in the last seven years that Atheros has received an FSA award.

“Atheros is honored and humbled to again be the recipient of this prestigious FSA industry award,” said Craig Barratt, president and chief executive officer of Atheros. “We’ve had another year of extraordinary success in the highly competitive communications markets we serve thanks to the commitment of our valued customers, partners and suppliers, and the dedication of our talented employees worldwide.”

“We congratulate Atheros Communications for being selected by the industry as the Most Respected Emerging Public Fabless Company Award for the second year in a row,” stated Jodi Shelton, co-founder and executive director of the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA). “This is the fifth award that we have presented to Atheros, which speaks volumes to the company’s reputation and leadership within the communications sector and the industry as a whole.” 

As of the third quarter of 2007, Atheros has delivered ten consecutive quarters of revenue growth. The company’s strong, growing customer base and its numerous product achievements are contributing to Atheros’ continued success, including its new single-chip draft 802.11n XSPAN® solutions; its Radio-on-Chip for Mobile (ROCm®) designs that feature breakthrough low-power for mobile WLAN devices; its Bluetooth solutions for headsets and PCs; and Atheros’ growing ETHOS™ portfolio of Ethernet designs for the PC, and wired and wireless router markets.

About Atheros Communications, Inc.

Atheros Communications is a leading developer of semiconductor system solutions for wireless and other 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. For more information, please visit www.atheros.com or send email to info@athers.com.

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Atheros, the Atheros logo, XSPAN, ROCm and ETHOS are trademarks of Atheros Communications, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the sole property of their respective owners.

NOTE ON FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS:

Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this press release, including statements regarding Atheros’ future continued success, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, including, but not limited to, the risks detailed in Atheros' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2007, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and in other reports filed with the SEC by Atheros from time to time. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof. Atheros disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

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