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Atheros

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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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

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Atheros

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

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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)

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

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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

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