Qualcomm Atheros
Sign in to savethumb|Other logo of Atheros Atheros Communications, Inc. was an American computer networking company independently active from 1998 to 2011. It produced 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.
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- Company.name
- Atheros Communications, Inc.
- Company.former_name
- T-Span Systems, Inc. (1998–2000)
- Company.logo
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- Qualcomm Atheros San Jose, CA.JPG
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- Original headquarters in San Jose, California, under ownership of Qualcomm
- Company.type
- Public
- Company.fate
- Acquired by Qualcomm
- Company.founder
- Teresa H. Meng, John L. Hennessy
- Company.products
- Ethernet, WLAN, Bluetooth, GPS, powerline communications, hybrid wired/wireless, location
- Company.successor
- Qualcomm Atheros
- Company.location
- San Jose, California, U.S.
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thumb|Other logo of Atheros Atheros Communications, Inc. was an American computer networking company independently active from 1998 to 2011. It produced 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.
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