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Atheros’
XSPAN Technology Delivers Industry-Leading 802.11n
Performance in New AMD Turion™ X2 Ultra Notebook
Platform
World’s
First-to-Market, Single-Chip 11n PCIe Solutions Target
Next-Generation AMD Notebook Platforms
COMPUTEX,
TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 4, 2008 — Atheros
Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHR), a leading developer
of advanced semiconductor system solutions for wireless
and wired communications, today announced that the
industry’s most compact and power-efficient, single-chip
XSPAN® 802.11n solutions are featured in the
next-generation AMD notebook platform featuring AMD
Turion™ X2 Ultra Processors. Atheros XSPAN designs will
provide wireless connectivity to new notebooks based on
this platform, which delivers state-of-the-art visual
experiences and power-efficient mobility to users. XSPAN
is the world’s most widely adopted 802.11n technology,
enabling a broad ecosystem of wireless products. It is
the 11n technology of choice for the majority of the
world’s enterprise networking manufacturers and occupies
a dominant position in the retail and carrier
networking, and PC markets.
The Atheros AR9280 dual-band
(2.4GHz and 5GHz) 2x2 MIMO and AR9281 single-band
(2.4GHz) 1x2 MIMO PCI Express™ (PCIe) designs integrate
the radio, baseband/MAC and host PCIe interface into the
industry’s smallest 802.11n footprint. Reference designs
are available for both PCIe half-Mini Card and full-Mini
Card form factors. The AR9280 and AR9281 provide
industry-leading power savings and 11n rate over range
performance, supporting up to 300 Mbps physical data
rates and more than 200 Mbps of real user throughput.
“Atheros is pleased to participate
with AMD as part of the Better by Design program for its
next-generation AMD notebook platform,” said Todd Antes,
vice president, Wireless Networking & Computing, of
Atheros. “Our XSPAN solutions deliver the best wireless
experience, leveraging validated 11n performance with
industry-leading power efficiency.”
Atheros’ AR9280 and AR9281 are
specifically designed to enable advanced PC platforms
with superior power efficiency to significantly extend
battery life. Several innovative system-level
power-savings protocols, algorithms and circuit design
techniques including Dynamic MIMO Power Save (DMPS),
Unscheduled Automatic Power Save Delivery (UAPSD) and
Atheros Wake-on-Wireless® are employed in these designs.
“We believe that notebooks today
must be optimized to deliver stunning visual performance
and energy efficiency for the ultimate, high-definition
experience on the go,” said Chris Cloran, vice
president, Notebook Division, AMD. “Achieving low-power
mobility across all the systems was a key design
criteria of our next-generation notebook platform.
Atheros XSPAN for PCs readily met our requirements with
its leading 11n performance combined with extraordinary
power efficiency.”
The AR9280 and AR9281 also support
Windows XP®, Windows Vista®, Mac OS® and Linux®
operating systems. In addition, they include support for
industry standards WMM® (Wi-Fi Multimedia™), Wi-Fi
Protected Setup™ via Atheros’ JumpStart for Wireless™,
the company’s industry standardized simple network
configuration software, and Cisco Compatible Extensions
(CCX).
For more information about the
next-generation AMD notebook platform announced today,
please visit
www.amd.com/notebookplatform/presskit.
About Atheros Communications, Inc.
Atheros Communications is a leading
developer of semiconductor system solutions for wireless
and wired 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
http://www.atheros.com
or send email to
info@atheros.com.
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Atheros, the Atheros
logo, XSPAN, Wake-on-Wireless and JumpStart for Wireless
are trademarks of Atheros Communications, Inc. AMD, the
AMD Arrow logo, and AMD Turion are trademarks of
Advanced Micro Devices, 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’ and AMD’s 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, 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
2007 and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended March 31, 2008, 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,
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