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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
D-Link to Introduce New Wireless Products Based on Atheros' Single-Chip Technology
SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 26 -- Atheros
Communications (Nasdaq: ATHR), a leading developer of advanced wireless LAN
(WLAN) chipsets, today announced volume shipments of the world's first
complete single-chip IEEE 802.11g WLAN solution, the Atheros AR5005G. D-Link,
a global leader in networking and communications, plans to use the AR5005G in
its line of 802.11g wireless networking products, and has awarded the first
publicly announced design win for the chip.
Atheros' innovative single-chip design, which sampled in January, brings
an unprecedented level of integration, performance, power savings and cost
reduction to the rapidly growing 802.11g market. The solution is well suited
for a wide range of retail, business and consumer electronics products
including PC cards, access points and home gateways, small form-factor PCs,
handheld data communications products, and VoIP handsets.
"We are pleased to be extending our relationship with Atheros to utilize
their latest-generation 802.11g technology," said Steven Joe, President and
CEO of D-Link. "We believe Atheros' single-chip solution will allow us to
bring new high-performance 802.11g products to the market at very attractive
price points."
This low-cost digital CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) chip
integrates a Media Access Controller (MAC), a baseband processor, a
high-performance 2.4-GHz radio, and many of the discrete components used in
earlier 802.11g designs, resulting in a 35 percent part count reduction from
products based on two-chip solutions, and a similar reduction in BOM
(bill-of-materials) costs. In addition, the highly integrated design enables
low-cost 802.11g products that overcome the range and throughput limitations
often experienced with 802.11b and 802.11g solutions from other vendors.
According to Colin Macnab, vice president of marketing and business
development at Atheros, "The AR5005G is another example of our industry
leadership in RF design integration, combining analog and digital functions in
standard digital CMOS. By driving performance, cost and integration to this
level, we are opening new markets that aren't well served by multiple chip
solutions."
The Atheros AR5005G features new signal processing technology that extends
the battery life of mobile devices by dynamically adjusting power consumption
in response to system and network activity. This technique delivers up to
98 percent lower power consumption than multi-chip WLAN solutions on the
market today.
The chip also supports the latest WLAN security standards, including Wi-Fi
Protected Access (WPA and WPA2) and 802.11i Enhanced Security using Advanced
Encryption Standard (AES) in hardware, without performance reduction. In
contrast, competing wireless LAN products with firmware encryption typically
suffer a 20-50 percent performance reduction when WPA or AES are enabled. The
AR5005G also supports Cisco Compatible Extensions (CCX).
To facilitate the convergence of voice and data communications on wireless
networks, the AR5005G fully supports the Wireless Media Extensions (WME)
Quality of Service (QoS) capabilities defined in the IEEE 802.11e draft
standard. No other product on the market combines the range, throughput, power
consumption, security features, QoS capabilities and level of integration
offered by the Atheros AR5005G.
Also shipping in volume is an enhanced version, the Atheros AR5005GS,
which supports robust throughput based on Atheros' Super G(TM) technology.
This allows the development of WLAN products with among the highest throughput
available today, enabling real throughput rates of over 60 Mbps in a typical
home environment. The AR5005GS uses Atheros adaptive radio technology, which
actively looks for clear channels and uses them to provide maximum
throughput-on-demand for all users.
Additionally, the AR5005G and AR5005GS single-chip products both support
eXtended Range operation, XR, which enables connections at greater distances
from the access point and provides wireless connectivity to areas of the home
in which signals are otherwise too weak to connect.
About Atheros Communications, Inc.
Atheros Communications is a leading developer of semiconductor system
solutions for wireless communications products. Atheros combines its wireless
systems expertise with high-performance radio frequency (RF), mixed signal and
digital semiconductor design skills to provide highly integrated chipsets that
are manufacturable on low-cost, standard complementary metal-oxide
semiconductor (CMOS) processes. Atheros technology is being used by a broad
base of leading customers, including personal computer and networking
equipment manufacturers. For more information, visit http://www.atheros.com or send
email to info@atheros.com.
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