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AUSTIN, TEXAS- 08 April 2008 - AtherosCommunications has become a Sponsor member of the Wi-Fi Alliance and hasappointed a director to the organization's board. An active member since 1999, Atherosis amongst a group of world-class companies that lead a global, non-profit tradeassociation of approximately 300 member companies. Atheros joins current Sponsormembers Apple, Broadcom, Cisco, Dell, Intel, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, Sony,and Texas Instruments.

The Wi-FiAlliance, which created the term Wi-Fi, develops testing and certificationprograms to help ensure the best user experience with Wi-Fi technology. Theorganization's Wi Fi CERTIFIED™ programs, which have been a driving force inthe growth of the Wi-Fi market, address interoperability across manufacturers'products and help ensure strong security. According to analyst firm In-Stat,the Wi-Fi industry shipped 300 million chipsets in 2007 and is growing at acompound annual growth rate of 40 percent. More than 4,300 products have been Wi-FiCERTIFIED to date.

"Atheros is one of the founders of the Wi-Fi industry. They introduced thefirst 802.11a chipset in 2000 and have long been an active participant in theWi-Fi Alliance," said Edgar Figueroa,executive director of the Wi-Fi Alliance. "Atheros is a valuable addition tothe leadership of the Wi-Fi Alliance as we continue to enable the best Wi-Fi userexperience in increasingly diverse applications, product categories andregions."

"Wi-Fitechnology has transformed the way consumers use computing and entertainmentproducts, and is fast becoming a must-have feature in all types of electronics,"said Craig Barratt, president andchief executive officer of Atheros. "The test programs and market buildingactivities of the Wi-Fi Alliance have played an important role in the adoptionof Wi-Fi and continue to contribute to the industry's future success. As alongstanding participant in the Wi-Fi Alliance, Atheros is pleased to join itsboard and we look forward to helping leadthe organization as it works to realize the full potential of Wi-Fi."

Atheros isa leading developer of advanced wireless and wired communications solutions toa broad base of customers, including personal computer, networking equipmentand consumer device manufacturers. Its products have been included in each ofthe Wi-Fi Alliance certification program "test beds," the set of reference productsused to test all Wi-Fi devices that undergo Wi-Fi CERTIFIED testing.

A list of allWi-Fi Alliance members and a searchable database of Wi-Fi CERTIFIED products canbe found on the web at: www.wi-fi.org.

 
About the Wi-Fi Alliance
The Wi-FiAlliance is a global, non-profit industry association of approximately 300member companies devoted to promoting the growth of wireless Local AreaNetworks (WLANs). With the aim of enhancing the user experience for wirelessportable, mobile, and home entertainment devices, the Wi-Fi Alliance's testingand certification programs help ensure the interoperability of WLAN productsbased on the IEEE 802.11 specification. Since the introduction of the Wi-FiAlliance's certification program in March 2000, more than 4,300 products havebeen designated as Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™, encouraging the expanded use of Wi-Fiproducts and services across the consumer and enterprise markets. 

Wi-Fi Alliance media contact: Edelman, Michael Diamond, michael.diamond@edelman.com, +1(650) 429-2772.

AtherosCommunications media contact: Dakota Lee, +1 408-720-5597, dakota@atheros.com, orDan Muñoz, A&R Edelman for Atheros , +1 650-762-2918, dmunoz@ar-edelman.com.