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Atheros: History, Products, Art & Technology

Atheros Communications, Inc. was an American computer networking company independently active from 1998 to 2011. It produced semiconductor chips for network communications, particularly wireless chipsets. The company was founded under the name T-Span Systems in 1998 by experts in signal processing and VLSI design from Stanford University, the University…

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Atheros topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Products, Art and Technology as prominent areas in the source structure around Atheros. 1 topic appears in more than one source area, which can help identify connections that are less obvious in a linear reading.

Related topics
51
Source areas
5
Connected nodes
57
Extracted relationships
112
Concept neighborhoods
26
Bridge connections
57

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 23 topics
Overview · 11 topics
Products · 8 topics
Free and open-source software support · 7 topics
Acquisitions · 3 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Founded
May 1998 (1998-05)
Headquarters
San Jose, California, U.S.
Defunct
May 2011; 15 years ago (2011-05)
Fate
Acquired by Qualcomm
Formerly
T-Span Systems, Inc. (1998–2000)
Founder
Teresa H. Meng, John L. Hennessy

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Products

Acquisitions

Free and open-source software support

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Atheros connects Entity context

The extracted context around Atheros shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Atheros → According, Align, AR1500, AR1900, Bluetooth, China, EDGE, Energy Efficient, Ethernet, ETHOS, HomePlug Powerline Alliance, Hy-Fi, Hybrid Networking, IEEE, In, ITU, IZat, Japan, Location Technology, Mbit/s PHY Another extracted example is Atheros → After, Android, Atheros Communications, Bluetooth, FM, HomePlug Green PHY, In January, In May, Qualcomm, Qualcomm Atheros, Qualcomm Snapdragon, Skifta, This, US, WCN3660 Combo Chip, Wi-Fi. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Atheros

Top relations

related to Products · 36
Atheros → According, Align, AR1500, AR1900, Bluetooth, China, EDGE, Energy Efficient, Ethernet, ETHOS, HomePlug Powerline Alliance, Hy-Fi, Hybrid Networking, IEEE, In, ITU, IZat, Japan, Location Technology, Mbit/s PHY
related to Acquisition by Qualcomm · 16
Atheros → After, Android, Atheros Communications, Bluetooth, FM, HomePlug Green PHY, In January, In May, Qualcomm, Qualcomm Atheros, Qualcomm Snapdragon, Skifta, This, US, WCN3660 Combo Chip, Wi-Fi
related to External links · 16
Atheros → April, AR7400, AR7420, Archived October, Atheros Madwifi, August, Community-driven, Community-driven FreeBSD, Congress Web Archives, HomePlug, INT6400, Library, Linux, Qualcomm Atheros, Wayback Machine, Wayback MachineAtheros-supported
related to Free and open-source software support · 15
Atheros → FQ-CoDel-based, FreeBSD, FreeBSD-9, Greg Chesson, HAL, In July, ISC, It, Linux, MadWifi, Make-Wifi-Fast, Sam Leffler, Support, The, Wi-Fi
related to IPO · 6
Atheros → At, ATHR, NASDAQ, On February, Prices, Shares
Key people · 5
Atheros → Bill McFarland (CTO, 1999-2015), Colin Born (Corporate Development, 2005-2014), Craig H. Barratt (CEO, 2003-2011), Jack Lazar (CFO, 2003-2011), Rick Bahr (Head of Engineering, 2000-2013)
Defunct · 1
Atheros → May 2011; 15 years ago (2011-05)
Fate · 1
Atheros → Acquired by Qualcomm
Formerly · 1
Atheros → T-Span Systems, Inc. (1998–2000)
Founded · 1
Atheros → May 1998 (1998-05)

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

qualcomm 802 company wlan wireless 2011 communications acquired first technology chip networking ieee products 11n announced chipsets homeplug 1998 california

Atheros relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 112 structured relationships around Atheros. Examples in this analysis include Atheros → Defunct → May 2011; 15 years ago (2011-05) and Atheros → Fate → Acquired by Qualcomm. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
AtherosDefunctMay 2011; 15 years ago (2011-05)1.00infobox
AtherosFateAcquired by Qualcomm1.00infobox
AtherosFormerlyT-Span Systems, Inc. (1998–2000)1.00infobox
AtherosFoundedMay 1998 (1998-05)1.00infobox
AtherosFounderTeresa H. Meng, John L. Hennessy1.00infobox
AtherosHeadquartersSan Jose, California, U.S.1.00infobox
AtherosKey peopleCraig H. Barratt (CEO, 2003-2011)1.00infobox
AtherosKey peopleJack Lazar (CFO, 2003-2011)1.00infobox
AtherosKey peopleRick Bahr (Head of Engineering, 2000-2013)1.00infobox
AtherosKey peopleBill McFarland (CTO, 1999-2015)1.00infobox
AtherosKey peopleColin Born (Corporate Development, 2005-2014)1.00infobox
AtherosProductsEthernet, WLAN, Bluetooth, GPS, powerline communications, hybrid wired/wireless, location1.00infobox
AtherosSuccessorQualcomm Atheros1.00infobox
AtherosTraded asNasdaq: ATHR1.00infobox
AtherosTypePublic1.00infobox
AtherosWebsiteatheros.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2009-03-03)1.00infobox
Atherosis amember of the HomePlug Powerline Alliance and its AR1500 line supports the IEEE 1901 standard.Ethernet0.90text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Atheros bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Qualcomm, Wireless and 11n. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Atheros
    • Qualcomm
    • Wireless
    • 11n
    • Wlan
    • Products
    • Communications
    • Ieee
    • Standard
    • Support
    • Announced
    • Chip
    • First
  • atheros
    • Qualcomm
    • Wireless
    • 11n
    • Wlan
    • Products
    • Communications
    • Ieee
    • Standard
    • Support
    • Announced
    • Chip
    • First
  • qualcomm
    • Products
    • Wlan
    • Wi-fi
    • Homeplug
    • Standard
    • 11n
    • Networking
    • Chip
    • Technology
    • Wireless
    • Bluetooth
    • Product
  • qualcomm snapdragon
    • Products
    • Wlan
    • Wi-fi
    • Homeplug
    • Standard
    • 11n
    • Networking
    • Chip
    • Technology
    • Wireless
    • Bluetooth
    • Product
  • wlan
    • Also
    • Technology
    • Bluetooth
    • Atheros
    • Chips
    • Chipset
    • Mobile
    • Products
    • 11n
    • Qualcomm
    • Chip
    • First
  • 802.11n
    • Chipsets
    • Product
    • Support
    • Announced
    • Atheros
    • Wlan
    • Qualcomm
    • Wi-fi
    • Chips
    • Chipset
    • Homeplug
    • Also
  • bluetooth
    • Chips
    • Wlan
    • Inc
    • Systems
    • T-span
    • Wi-fi
    • Also
    • Mobile
    • Products
    • Communications
    • Chip
    • Qualcomm
  • chips
    • Bluetooth
    • Also
    • Wireless
    • Wlan
    • Network
    • Chipsets
    • Support
    • Products
    • 11n
    • Communications
    • Qualcomm
    • Company

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Atheros, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Atheros with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Atheros — History · splits 34 ⟂ 24
Atheros — Overview · splits 46 ⟂ 12
Atheros — Products · splits 49 ⟂ 9
Atheros — Free and open-source software support · splits 50 ⟂ 8
Atheros — Acquisitions · splits 54 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

Atheros

Nodes58
Edges57
Triples112
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.034483
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Atheros to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Products, Art & Technology, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Atheros · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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