Eye-Fi's Wireless Memory Card Featuring Atheros ROCm Technology Wins the
Yahoo! Tech 'Last Gadget Standing' Competition
SANTA CLARA, Jan. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Atheros Communications,
Inc. (Nasdaq: ATHR), a leading developer of advanced wireless and wired
solutions, today announced its WLAN technologies were featured in several
of the prominent, award-winning solutions at the 2008 International
Consumer Electronics Show. Eye-Fi's innovative wireless SD memory card for
digital cameras, which uses Atheros' Wi-Fi, was named the winner of Yahoo!
Tech's "Last Gadget Standing" competition -- judged by consumers as the
gadget with the best chance to be a life-changing force in the real world.
The Eye-Fi card features Atheros' ROCm(TM) mobile WLAN technology to
enable the easy, wireless transfer and sharing of photos taken with any
digital camera having an SD slot. In addition, two other Atheros-based
products were among the Top 10 finalists of Yahoo! Tech's "Last Gadget
Standing" award; ASUS was recognized for its low-cost Eee PC 4G notebook
featuring Atheros' 802.11g PCIe solution, and Fujitsu for its LifeBook U810
Mini-Notebook which uses Atheros Super AG(R) technology.
A variety of Atheros customer products targeting the computing, gaming,
and home networking markets received industry awards from the Consumer
Electronics Association (CEA). Following are the CEA INNOVATIONS 2008 Award
honorees which employ Atheros Wi-Fi solutions, including the company's
XSPAN(TM) technology, the most widely deployed 802.11n technology
worldwide, and its industry-leading 802.11n dual-band 5GHz/2.4GHz
technology.
Computer Hardware
-- ASUS Eee PC Notebook
Digital Imaging
-- D-Link DSM-210 Wi-Fi Picture Frame
Electronic Gaming
-- D-Link DGL-4500 Xtreme N Gaming Router
Home Networking
-- Belkin N1 Vision Wireless Router
-- Netgear HD/Gaming 5GHz Wireless-N Networking Kit
-- Westell Technologies UltraLine Series3 Residential Gateway and Digital
Home Coordinator
Personal Electronics
-- ASUS Internet Radio
"Wireless connectivity, particularly 802.11n and mobile WLAN, was a
compelling theme at the show," said Todd Antes, vice president of marketing
at Atheros. "Atheros is honored to help its customers deliver the best
wireless user experience in award-winning products acknowledged for their
innovation and real-world benefits."
About Atheros Communications, Inc.
Atheros Communications is a leading developer of semiconductor system
solutions for wireless and other network communications products. Atheros
combines its wireless and networking systems expertise with
high-performance radio frequency (RF), mixed signal and digital
semiconductor design skills to provide highly integrated chipsets that are
manufactured on low-cost, standard complementary metal-oxide semiconductor
(CMOS) processes. Atheros technology is used by a broad base of leading
customers, including personal computer, networking equipment and consumer
device manufacturers. For more information, please visit
http://www.atheros.com or send email to info@atheros.com.
Atheros, the Atheros logo, ROCm, Super AG and XSPAN are trademarks of
Atheros Communications, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned in this
document are the sole property of their respective owners.
NOTE ON FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS:
Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters set
forth in this press release, including the features, benefits and
performance of Atheros' products, are forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These
forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that
could cause actual results to differ materially, including, but not limited
to, the risks detailed in Atheros' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 2006 and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended September 30, 2007, as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, and in other reports filed with the SEC by Atheros from time to
time. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof.
Atheros disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking
statements.
SOURCE Atheros Communications, Inc.
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CONTACT:
Editorial, Dakota Lee of Atheros
Communications, Inc., +1-408-720-5597, dakota@atheros.com; or
Greg Wood of A&R Edelman, +1-650-762-2838, gwood@ar-edelman.com;
or IR, Deborah Stapleton of Stapleton Communications,
+1-650-470-0200, deb@stapleton.com, both for Atheros
Communications, Inc.
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