Atheros Communications (NASDAQ: ATHR) is a developer of semiconductors for network communications, particularly wireless chipsets. Founded in 1998 by experts in signal processing from Stanford University, the University of California, Berkeley and the private industry, it became a public company in 2004. The current President and CEO of the company is Craig H. Barratt.
Atheros chipsets for the IEEE 802.11 standard of wireless networking are used ...
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Atheros Communications (NASDAQ: ATHR) is a developer of semiconductors for network communications, particularly wireless chipsets. Founded in 1998 by experts in signal processing from Stanford University, the University of California, Berkeley and the private industry, it became a public company in 2004. The current President and CEO of the company is Craig H. Barratt.
Atheros chipsets for the IEEE 802.11 standard of wireless networking are used by over 30 different wireless device manufacturers, including Netgear, D-Link and TRENDnet.
In late 2007, Atheros acquired u-Nav, a GPS chipmaker, indicating that the company was interested in getting into the GPS market.
In the free software community, Atheros has been known for not releasing appropriate documentation that would allow free software developers to write open-source drivers to support their wireless devices without reverse-engineering, thus OSS support for Atheros hardware was rather limited. There are still some completely free...
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