Corporate Headquarters

5480 Great America Parkway
Santa Clara, CA 95054-3644

Description

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, networking equipment and handset manufacturers.

History

Atheros Communications was founded in May 1998 by leading experts in radio and signal processing form Stanford University, the University of California at Berkeley, and private industry.

IPO

February 12, 2004.  Underwritten by Morgan Stanley, Lehman Brothers, Banc of America Securities and Thomas Weisel Partners at an offering price of $14.00 with 10,350,000 shares sold in the offering.

Technology

Atheros is the industry pioneer in providing highly integrated, innovative single-chip (MAC/Baseband/Radio), single and dual-band solutions for the retail, PC OEM, consumer electronics and enterprise/carrier markets. The Atheros AR5004, AR5005, AR5006, AR5007 and AR5008 series WLAN chipsets feature breakthrough technologies to extend the range and reduce the power consumption of 802.11 wireless networks. When they are incorporated into WLAN devices, Atheros chipsets offer end users extended range, longer battery life and network management tools that help reduce the cost of operating and owning wireless networks.

Atheros XSPAN™ with Signal-Sustain Technology™ (SST) unleashes the full potential of MIMO to significantly enhance signal reliability and throughput at range. This is achieved through the world’s first single-chip, triple-radio RF design. The AR5008 delivers up to 300 megabits-per-second (Mbps) physical data rate with real end-user throughput of 150 to 180 Mbps, and achieves, on average, 50 percent greater sustained throughput at range than 2x2 MIMO systems.

Atheros’ innovative AR6001 ROCm™ WLAN products provide the lowest power, highest throughput solutions for CE products. The company’s first single-chip cellular solution, the AR1900, implements a complete cellular transceiver, baseband, application processor, audio paths, power management, keypad, display and USB interfaces.

Atheros Super G® and Super AG® Technologies employ multiple techniques, including packet bursting, fast frames, and data compression – that dramatically increase the throughput and range of wireless networking products.

Atheros XR® (eXtended Range) Technology provides single access point coverage in home networking environments, eliminates the dead spots in corporate wireless LANs, and provides outdoor coverage of up to two times the distance of competing WLAN solutions.

Executive Management

Dr. Craig H. Barratt, President and Chief Executive Officer
Jack R. Lazar, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Todd D. Antes, Vice President of Marketing
Richard G. Bahr, Vice President of Engineering
Paul G. Franklin, Vice President of Operations
Ali Hariri, Vice President of Business Development
William J. McFarland, Chief Technical Officer
Kenneth P. McKeithan, Vice President of Software Engineering
Dr. David Su, Vice President of Analog Engineering
Gary L. Szilagyi, Vice President of Worldwide Sales
Adam H. Tachner, Vice President and General Counsel
David D. Torre, Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
Dr. Jason Zheng, Vice President of Systems Engineering

Customers

Customers include personal computer manufacturers such as Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Dell, NEC, Sony and Toshiba and networking equipment manufacturers such as D-Link, Belkin, IO-Data, Linksys, Microsoft, NETGEAR, Philips, Proxim and QUALCOMM.  [complete list]

Board of Directors

Dr. John L. Hennessy, Atheros Chairman of the Board and President of Stanford University
Andy Rappaport, Partner at August Capital
Dr. Forest Baskett, Partner with New Enterprise Associates
Marshall L. Mohr, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
Dan Artusi, Chairman and CEO of Coldwatt, Inc.
Dr. Craig Barratt, President and CEO, Atheros Communications
Dr. Teresa H. Meng, Atheros Founder and director, Fellow of the IEEE and Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department at Stanford University

Employees

340 employees as of October 2005

Analyst Coverage

Analysts from the following firms follow the progress of Atheros Communications and periodically issue research reports.  It is the Company's policy not to distribute any analyst report.  In addition, the Company does not endorse analysts' projections.  Analysts' opinions are third-party, independent opinions.