Atheros Hits Ethernet Chip Milstone

Atheros Communications, Inc., a provider of technologies for wireless and wired communications, announced it has shipped more than 100 million of its Ethos Ethernet chips.

Since entering the Ethernet market in late 2006, Atheros said it has leveraged its mixed-signal and DSP design expertise to deliver Ethernet solutions focused on power efficiency, carrier-grade performance and integration. This product focus has resulted in significant growth and leadership demonstrated by Atheros' Gigabit and Fast Ethernet designs with eight of the top ten PC manufacturers, five of the top five home networking equipment manufacturers, and numerous tier-one carriers.

"Achieving the 100 million Ethernet chip milestone is impressive given Atheros' relatively recent entry in this market," said Joseph Byrne, senior analyst of The Linley Group and lead author of the firm's report, Communications Semiconductor Market Share. "Atheros is now a key supplier of Ethernet technology, having won over many tier one customers across the key consumer market segments."

"Over the past three years, we have built the ETHOS portfolio to serve our customers' growing need for higher performance and lower power Ethernet," said George Chu, vice president and general manager of the company's Ethernet Business Unit. "Our ETHOS technology is meeting these needs not only in PCs, wireless APs, VoIP phones, IP cameras and carrier equipment, but also in the expanding CE category of networked TVs, Blu-ray players, DVRs and gaming consoles, and computing accessories like printers. Atheros is committed to delivering increasingly more advanced solutions with features such as enhanced power-efficiency, quality of service (QoS) and security to meet growing consumer demand for Internet-enabled devices in the digital home."

Atheros combines its wireless and networking systems expertise with high-performance radio frequency (RF), mixed signal and digital semiconductor design skills to provide chipsets that are manufactured on low-cost, standard complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) processes.

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