Atheros to Show Wireless System at Upside's Showcase 2001; Selected to Demonstrate Latest Wireless Networking Technology.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 22, 2001 Atheros Communications, Inc., provider of wireless system technologies for next-generation networks, has been chosen to demonstrate its breakthrough technology at Upside Events' Showcase 2001, a major industry conference, taking place January 22-24, in La Quinta A division of Seagate that was originally an acquisition and then absorbed into the company by 1999. Quinta was the developer of Optically Assisted Winchester (OAW) technology. See OAW. , Calif., near Palm Springs. "Hand-picked from hundreds of applicants, selected companies like Atheros will give the Showcase audience, comprised of industry leaders, media, analysts and venture capitalists, the opportunity to evaluate the latest, most exciting offerings available today and in the near future," stated Jesse Berst, Showcase executive producer. "We're honored to have been invited to participate in this year's Showcase conference," said Mark Bercow, Atheros' vice president of Marketing and Business Development. "Attendees will be able to experience first hand the new applications that can be driven by the Atheros 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 standard-based wireless system." Atheros' next-generation wireless networking See wireless network. technology provides high-speed, low-cost connectivity between information and entertainment devices in the home or workplace. With speeds up to 54Mbps standard and 72Mbps turbo, Atheros' solutions allow for the wireless distribution of bandwidth-intensive multimedia applications such as streaming video A one-way video transmission over a data network. It is widely used on the Web as well as company networks to play video clips and video broadcasts. Computers in home networks stream video to digital media hubs connected to a home theater. . In addition, Atheros' highly integrated system with a complete "Radio-on-a-Chip" (RoC) translates into lower implementation costs making the technology more accessible. About Atheros Communications Atheros Communications was founded in May 1998 by leading experts in radio and signal processing See DSP. from Stanford University Stanford University, at Stanford, Calif.; coeducational; chartered 1885, opened 1891 as Leland Stanford Junior Univ. (still the legal name). The original campus was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. David Starr Jordan was its first president. , 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 founding mission is to provide wireless networking technologies that drive transparent connections among all computing, audio and video devices in the office and the home. 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, Foundation Capital and New Enterprise Associates, Atheros currently employs over 85 people and has filed more than 35 wireless technology patents. For more information, visit www.atheros.com, call 408/773-5200 or send email to info@atheros.com. Note to Editors: (c)2001 Atheros Communications, Inc. All rights reserved. ATHEROS(TM)and the Atheros logo are trademarks of Atheros Communications, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. |
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