(Source: MARKETWIRE)
Atheros Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHR), a global leader in
innovative technologies for wireless and wired communications, today
announced that it has shipped well over 10 million of its Align chips
based on the single-stream 802.11n standard. The company began
shipping the popular Align AR9285 single-chip PCI Express (PCIe)
solution in the fourth quarter of 2008, targeting value-class
netbook, notebook and desktop PCs, wireless routers, and consumer
electronics (CE) devices. The rapid adoption of Atheros Align
technology has made it the company's fastest ramping chip in its
11-year history.
Align technology is being used by seven of the top ten PC
manufacturers and five of the top five home networking equipment
vendors. Recently, the AR9285 became the industry's first 1-stream
client solution to achieve Wi-Fi Alliance(R) Wi-Fi CERTIFIED(TM) 11n
program certification. With Align's compliance to this industry
standard, users are assured that Align-based devices will
interoperate with all other 11n-certified products, as well as with
legacy WLAN devices.
"Align has proven to be an ideal upgrade path from legacy WLAN for
our customers looking to provide 11n-class performance in a wide array
of products, including netbooks, entry-level gateways and access
point/routers," said Ben Naskar, vice president and general manager
of Atheros' Networking Business Unit. "We are very pleased that Align
provides extraordinary value to the end user and has thus experienced
such rapid market adoption."
Atheros Align solutions support up to 150 Mbps PHY rates for robust
data networking, while also enabling enhanced reliability and
power-efficient operation over legacy WLAN. Additionally, Align-based
products are forward compatible to higher-performance, multi-stream
11n devices and offer backward compatibility to legacy WLAN.
For more information about Atheros' Align family of single-stream 11n
solutions, please visit http://www.atheros.com.
About Atheros Communications, Inc.
Atheros Communications is a global leader in innovative technologies
for wireless and wired communications. 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
http://www.atheros.com or send an email to info@atheros.com.
Atheros, the Atheros logo and Align 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 the features, benefits and
performance of Atheros' Align products and technology, 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,
difficulties in the development of new and enhanced products, general
economic conditions, the effects of competition and technological
change, and the risks detailed in Atheros' Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2008 and its Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2009, 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.
Editorial Contacts:
Dakota Lee
Atheros Communications
408-720-5597
dakota@atheros.com
Investor Contact:
Greg Wood
A&R Edelman for Atheros
650-762-2838
gwood@ar-edelman.com
David Allen
Atheros Communications
408-830-5762
david.allen@atheros.com
SOURCE: Atheros
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