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AR5005GS Solution Highlights

• Highly integrated single chip CMOS solution with multiprotocol
  MAC/baseband processor and 2.4 GHz radio
• Uses digital CMOS technology exclusively, minimizing power
  consumption and cost while maximizing reliability
• Support for IEEE 802.11b, 802.11g
• Wireless Multimedia Enhancements Quality of Service support (QoS)
• Super G® mode delivers up to 108 Mbps raw data rate with typical
  end user throughput exceeding 60 Mbps
• Super G utilizes Adaptive Radio to automatically identify clear channels
  for maximum throughout and standards compatible operation
• Hardware encryption for the Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) and
  IEEE 802.11i security specifications, provides Advanced Encryption
  Standard (AES), Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) and Wired
  Equivalent Privacy (WEP) without performance degradation
• Support for draft IEEE 802.11e, h, i and j standards
• Atheros XR™ eXtended Range technology to give Wi-Fi products twice
  the range of existing designs
• Power-saving design improvements reduce system power
  consumption up to 98%

AR2414 Single-Chip CMOS MAC/Baseband/Radio includes:

• Support for IEEE 802.11b, 802.11g
• Operates from 2.300 - 2.500 GHz
• Advanced wideband receiver with best path sequencer for better range
  and multipath resistance than conventional equalizer-based designs
• Integrated low-noise amplifier (LNA)
• External PA and/or LNA can be used for special applications
• Eliminates all IF filters and most RF filters; no external voltage-controlled
  oscillators (VCOs) or surface acoustic wave (SAW) filters needed
• Enhanced transmit and receive chains
• No external FLASH or RAM memory needed
• PCI 2.3 and PC Card 7.1 host interfaces with DMA support
• Super G mode includes dynamic 108 Mbps capability, real-time hardware
  data compression, Fast Frames™ and standards-compliant bursting
• Integrated analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters
• High speed UART with DMA supports data rates up to 1 Mbps
• Serial EEPROM, LEDs, GPIOs peripheral interfaces
• Low power operational and sleep modes

AR5005GS Reference Design Highlights

• Windows® drivers for Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows ME,
  Windows 98 SE and Windows NT 4.0
• A single driver and firmware code base supports all Atheros chipsets
  and provides both backward and forward compatibility with Atheros previous
  and next-generation multi-standard designs.
• Integrated WPA supplicant supports Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows 98 SE and Windows NT 4.0
• Client utility supports configuration profiles, current link status, statistics and diagnostics

* Theoretical wireless link rate based on applicable IEEE 802.11 standards. Actual user throughput will be lower than the theoretical link rate and will vary, as network conditions and environmental factors can lower actual throughput rate.