Qualcomm Atheros

Qualcomm Atheros
FormerlyAtheros Communications
T-Span Systems
Company typeSubsidiary
FoundedMay 1998; 26 years ago (1998-05)
FounderTeresa H. Meng, John L. Hennessy
HeadquartersSan Jose, California, USA
Key people
Craig H. Barratt, CEO 2003-2011

Jack Lazar, CFO 2003-2011
Rick Bahr, Head of Engineering 2000-2013
Bill McFarland, CTO 1999-2015

Colin Born, Corporate Development 2005-2014
ProductsEthernet, WLAN, Bluetooth, GPS, powerline communications, hybrid wired/wireless, location
ParentQualcomm
Websitewww.qca.qualcomm.com

Qualcomm Atheros is a developer of semiconductor chips for network communications, particularly wireless chipsets. The company was founded under the name T-Span Systems in 1998 by experts in signal processing and VLSI design from Stanford University, the University of California, Berkeley, and private industry. The company was renamed Atheros Communications in 2000 and it completed an initial public offering in February 2004, trading on the NASDAQ under the symbol ATHR.

On January 5, 2011, it was announced that Qualcomm had agreed to a takeover of the company for a valuation of US$3.7 billion. When the acquisition was completed on May 24, 2011, Atheros became a subsidiary of Qualcomm operating under the name Qualcomm Atheros.[1]

Qualcomm Atheros chipsets for the IEEE 802.11 standard of wireless networking are used by over 30 different wireless device manufacturers.[2]

  1. ^ "Qualcomm Atheros :: Corporate :: Press Releases". Archived from the original on September 7, 2012.
  2. ^ Companies that use Atheros wifi chips