Atheros’ Wi-Fi Helps Unleash a
Wave of Award-Winning Products at CES 2008
Eye-Fi’s Wireless Memory Card
Featuring Atheros ROCm Technology Wins the Yahoo! Tech “Last Gadget Standing”
Competition
SANTA CLARA, Jan. 16, 2008 —
Atheros Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHR), a leading developer of
advanced wireless and wired solutions, today announced its WLAN technologies
were featured in several of the prominent, award-winning solutions at the 2008
International Consumer Electronics Show. Eye-Fi’s innovative wireless SD memory
card for digital cameras which uses Atheros’ Wi-Fi was named the winner of
Yahoo! Tech’s “Last Gadget Standing” competition – judged by consumers as the
gadget with the best chance to be a life-changing force in the real world.
The Eye-Fi card features Atheros’ ROCm® mobile WLAN
technology which enable the easy, wireless transfer and sharing of photos taken
with any digital camera having an SD slot. In addition, two other Atheros-based
products were among the Top 10 finalists of Yahoo! Tech’s “Last Gadget Standing”
award: ASUS was recognized for its low-cost Eee PC 4G notebook featuring
Atheros’ 802.11g PCIe solution, and Fujitsu for its LifeBook
U810 Mini-Notebook that uses Atheros Super AG® technology.
A variety of Atheros customer products targeting the
computing, gaming, and home networking markets received industry awards from the
Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). Following are the CEA INNOVATIONS 2008
Award honorees that employ Atheros Wi-Fi solutions, including the company’s
XSPAN® technology, the most widely deployed 802.11n technology worldwide, and
its industry-leading 802.11n dual-band 5GHz/2.4GHz technology.
Computer Hardware
Digital Imaging
Electronic Gaming
Home Networking
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Belkin N1 Vision Wireless Router
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Netgear HD/Gaming 5GHz Wireless-N Networking Kit
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Westell Technologies UltraLine Series3 Residential
Gateway and Digital Home Coordinator
Personal Electronics
“Wireless connectivity, particularly 802.11n and mobile
WLAN, was a compelling theme at the show,” said Todd Antes, vice president of
marketing at Atheros. “Atheros is honored to help its customers deliver the best
wireless user experience in award-winning products acknowledged for their
innovation and real-world benefits.”
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@atheros.com.
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Atheros, the Atheros logo, ROCm, Super AG
and XSPAN 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’ products, 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 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.
Dakota Lee, 408-720-5597, dakota@atheros.com, or Greg Wood, A&R Edelman for
Atheros , 650-762-2838,
gwood@ar-edelman.com
For
analyst inquires contact: Deborah Stapleton of Stapleton Communications, Inc.,
+1-650-470-0200,
deb@stapleton.com
