Atheros Communications Inc.
5480 Great America Parkway
Santa Clara,
CA 95054-3644
Phone: 408-773-5200
Fax: 408-738-8349
Web Site: http://www.atheros.com
| REUTERS ABRIDGED BUSINESS SUMMARY | |
| Atheros Communications, Inc. develops semiconductor system solutions for communication integrated circuit products. Its products comprise wireless local area network, mobile WLAN, Ethernet, bluetooth, global positioning system, and personal access systems. The company offers reference designs that can be used to design various systems, including networking cards and routers, broadband gateways, mobile devices, and handsets. It also provides a portfolio of single and multi-chip WLAN products, including wireless networking products for the home and small office markets; and wireless infrastructure systems-on-chip with network management capabilities for the enterprise market. The companys wireless system solutions are used in various applications in the personal computers, enterprise access, broadband gateway, SOHO networking, consumer electronics, and mobile communications markets. Its personal access systems solutions consist of a single chip that implements a cellular transceiver, baseband, application processor, audio paths, power management, keyboard, speaker, and display interfaces. The companys fast and gigabit Ethernet products comprise access points, routers, gateways, Ethernet physical layer, transceivers, and switches for personal computer customers into local area network-on-motherboard applications. Atheros Communications sells its products to original equipment manufacturers and original design manufacturers through direct sales staff, independent sales representatives, and distributors primarily in Taiwan, the Peoples Republic of China, Hong Kong, and the United States. It has a collaboration agreement with Cavium Networks Inc. to offer an integrated platform that enables wireless HD 1080p60 video transmission to flat panel displays. The company was formerly known as T-Span Systems Corporation and changed its name to Atheros Communications, Inc. in May 2000. Atheros Communications was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. |
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| | Pay | Exercised | Dr. John L. Hennessy Ph.D., 56
Co-Founder, Chairman, Member of Compensation Committee and Member of Nominating & Corp. Governance Committee |
$
32.00K | N/A | Dr. Craig H. Barratt , 48
Chief Exec. Officer, Pres, Exec. Director and Member of Non-Exec. Stock Option Committee |
$
512.00K |
$
1.13M | Dr. Teresa H. Meng , 49
Co-Founder |
$
25.00K | N/A | Mr. Jack R. Lazar , 44
Chief Financial Officer, VP of Corp. Devel. and Sec. |
$
391.00K |
$
634.00K | Mr. Adam Tachner , 44
VP, Gen. Counsel and Assistant Sec. |
$
334.00K |
$
476.00K |
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Dollar amounts are as of
31-Dec-08
and compensation values are for the last fiscal
year ending on that date. "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc. "Exercised" is the value of
options exercised during the fiscal year.
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