Atheros Chipset Selected as Finalist for Innovation Award; Recognizing the AR5000 All-CMOS Solution for Wireless LANs.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 24, 2001 The Atheros AR5000 chipset has been selected as a finalist in the wireless hardware category for PC Magazine's "Innovation in Infrastructure" award. All the finalist products were judged as among "the most innovative and technologically intriguing" of the year. Other vendors include IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Hewlett Packard, EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. and Sun. Atheros' AR5000 is the world's first two chip, all-CMOS, end-to-end solution (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. for IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. 802.11a, 5-GHz wireless LANs that incorporates a complete "radio-on-a-chip" (RoC). This groundbreaking technology opens the door to vast new possibilities, as high-speed wireless data becomes widely available in offices, homes, schools, and in public places such as airports and hotels. Compliant with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Not to be confused with the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE). The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers or IEEE (pronounced as eye-triple-e (IEEE) 802.11a, 5-GHz wireless LAN standard, the Atheros AR5000 chipset operates at speeds up to 54 Mbps, representing a five times improvement in data rates over currently shipping IEEE 802.11b, 2.4-GHz products. In addition, the AR5000 solution offers speeds up to 72 Mbps in Atheros' "Turbo" mode. "We are pleased that PC Magazine has recognized a totally new approach to technology that will help drive the future of wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. ," said Mark Bercow, vice president of Marketing and Business Development of Atheros. "Atheros aims to make possible the kind of ubiquitous `in building' wireless connectivity that people have been waiting for." PC Magazine editors chose 28 products that "exemplify the best and most advanced of today's network infrastructure technologies and provide a window into the future of this critical area of computing." The winners will be announced on Tuesday, May 8, at the NetWorld+Interop conference in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. and posted on www.pcmag.com. About PC Magazine PC Magazine (www.pcmag.com) is the premier connection point for 6.7 million technology buyers making brand decisions for their company. PC Magazine's editorial mission is to analyze, evaluate and review all the technology solutions that build a modern business. Unlike any other publication, PC Magazine's content is obsessively focused on providing the information that its readers need in order to make an informed vendor selection. To meet its readers' needs for buying information that is as current as it is comprehensive, PC Magazine publishes 22 times a year in print and continuously online at pcmag.com. PC Magazine also delivers its brand promise across multiple media platforms, including PC Magazine Custom Events, PC Magazine Custom Research, eNewsletters, eSeminars, Ziff Davis Ziff Davis Inc. (ZD) is an American magazine publisher and Internet Information company. It was founded in 1927 in Chicago by William B. Ziff, Sr. and Bernard G. Davis. Throughout most of its history, it was a publisher of hobbyist magazines, often ones devoted to expensive, Custom Media and broadcast relationships with CNNfn and the College Television Network. About Atheros Communications, Inc. On April 23, 2001, Atheros announced the close of its third round of financing in the amount of $66.7 million with Fidelity Management & Research Company as the lead investor. Atheros Communications was founded in May 1998 by leading experts in radio and signal processing See DSP. from Stanford University, the University of California at Berkeley (body, education) University of California at Berkeley - (UCB) See also Berzerkley, BSD. http://berkeley.edu/. Note to British and Commonwealth readers: that's /berk'lee/, not /bark'lee/ as in British Received Pronunciation. , and private industry. The Company's mission is to provide wireless networking technologies that drive transparent connections between all computing, communications, audio and video devices. Funded by venture capital firms Name Location Founding date Managing Partners/Directors Specialty Capital managed 5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA; Waltham, MA 2002 John Diekman, PhD (managing partner), Scott Rocklage, PhD (managing partner), Andrew Schwab (managing partner) life sciences $200M [1] August Capital, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Foundation Capital and New Enterprise Associates, Atheros has raised a total of $98.3 million in three rounds of funding. The Company currently employs over 120 people and has filed more than 40 wireless technology patents. For more information, visit www.atheros.com, call 408/773-5200 or send email to info@atheros.com. Note to Editors: Atheros and the Atheros logo are trademarks of Atheros Communications, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. |
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